Griffin Middle School Academy

Located at 1205 Gould Street, in Lake Providence, Louisiana, Griffin Middle School Academy is a micro-enrollment intermediate school that educates 163 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within East Carroll Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Griffin Middle School Academy sits 63% below that benchmark.

Griffin Middle School Academy is one of 3 schools operated by East Carroll Parish, a district that teaches 736 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Griffin Middle School Academy logs that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 63% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Griffin Middle School Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.8%; this one delivers 8.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for East Carroll Parish put median household income runs about $33,341, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 28%. Across East Carroll Parish's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 736 students), Griffin Middle School Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southside Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Griffin Middle School Academy. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Griffin Middle School Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Griffin Middle School Academy has declined 33%, going from 245 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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