Enrollment
267
Middle
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TERREBONNE PARISH·NCES 220174001952
Grand Caillou Middle School
2161 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, LA 70363 · (985) 303-4844 · Terrebonne Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
231 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 67 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 25% |
Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
38.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
29.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 24.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grand Caillou Middle School
Grand Caillou Middle School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Caillou Middle School this school | 267 | 86.5% | 27.2% |
| Oaklawn Middle School Houma | 596 | 84.9% | 25.8% |
| Natalbany Middle Tickfaw | 347 | 81.6% | 13.8% |
| Riser Middle School West Monroe | 410 | 81.0% | 15.3% |
| Golden Meadow Middle School Golden Meadow | 318 | 74.2% | 40.8% |
| Stella Worley Middle School Westwego | 235 | 85.1% | 17.0% |
Matched among Louisiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grand Caillou Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Terrebonne Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #127 of 213 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #109 of 210 ▼ 2 | #5 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #125 of 213 ▲ 3 | #7 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #109 of 197 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #173 of 220 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #130 of 195 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.4% | #1 of 195 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #37 of 214 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #32 of 162 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
-98 (-27%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 267 | 18.5 | 14.4:1 | 87% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 78% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 18.6 | 17.1:1 | 77% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 21 | 17.4:1 | 58% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 17 | 22.0:1 | 61% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | N/A | N/A | 92% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 156 | 11 | 14.2:1 | 81% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 84% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Caillou Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (374 to 267); teachers up 9% (17 to 18.5).
About Grand Caillou Middle School
Grand Caillou Middle School is a small middle school in Houma, Louisiana, (ZIP code 70363). The school counted 267 students in 2024-25, covering grades 5 through 8. That is 39% below the average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
In Terrebonne Parish, 30 schools enroll a combined 15,168 students.
The largest group at Grand Caillou Middle School is Hispanic students, at 31%. The remaining students are 20% White, 17% Native American, 16% multiracial, and 15% Black. Census figures show Terrebonne Parish is about 7% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 78%.
The school had 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 26.6 students per teacher. The school reported 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 73% average for public schools in Terrebonne Parish is 14 points.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Grand Caillou Middle School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Grand Caillou Middle School is 5.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
For Terrebonne Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $64,836, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 32 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,201, Grand Caillou Middle School among them.
Ellender Memorial High School is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 38.2% on proficiency, and Grand Caillou Middle School is below that at 27.2%.
NCES assigns Grand Caillou Middle School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 27% decline took enrollment from 365 in 2020-21 to 267 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.4:1 to 14.4:1.
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Terrebonne Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,186
Census ACS
Median income
$64,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
15,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Terrebonne Parish
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- South Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Other schools in Houma
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Acadian Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Ellender Memorial High School1.0 mi · 819
- Oaklawn Middle School1.7 mi · 596
- Grand Caillou Elementary School1.9 mi · 360
- Lacache Middle School2.4 mi · 225
- South Terrebonne High School2.4 mi · 868
- Village East Elementary School2.8 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Caillou Middle SchoolHow large is Grand Caillou Middle School?
Grand Caillou Middle School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Grand Caillou Middle School serve?
Grand Caillou Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grand Caillou Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Grand Caillou Middle School.
How diverse is Grand Caillou Middle School?
Grand Caillou Middle School reports a student body of 20% White, 31% Hispanic, 15% Black, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Grand Caillou Middle School?
Grand Caillou Middle School is overseen by Terrebonne Parish in Terrebonne Parish.
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