Gonzales Middle School

Gonzales Middle School is one of the big middle schools in Gonzales, Louisiana, run under Ascension Parish, with 664 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 51% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Within Ascension Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 23,743 students, Gonzales Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gonzales Middle School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic, 12% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gonzales Middle School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ascension Parish runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gonzales Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ascension Parish) logs that median household earnings sit near $91,549, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gonzales Middle School is one of 32 public schools in Ascension Parish (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: G. W. Carver Primary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gonzales Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gonzales Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gonzales Middle School's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 664). Over the same period, the White share declined from 20% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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