Grand Caillou Middle School

Located at 2161 Grand Caillou Road, in Houma, Louisiana, Grand Caillou Middle School is a cozy middle-grades school that serves 267 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by Terrebonne Parish. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Terrebonne Parish runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 15,168 students. Grand Caillou Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Grand Caillou Middle School reports that 31% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 17% Native American, 16% multiracial, 15% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Terrebonne Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grand Caillou Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.2%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of +4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Terrebonne Parish reports that median household income runs about $64,836, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Terrebonne Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,201 students), of which Grand Caillou Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Ellender Memorial High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grand Caillou Middle School. On composite proficiency, Grand Caillou Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Grand Caillou Middle School's enrollment has shrank 29% since 2018, when it stood at 374 (now 267). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 14% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Grand Caillou Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.