Enrollment
163
Middle
DISTRICT 245 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST CARROLL PARISH·NCES 220057000453
Griffin Middle School Academy
1205 Gould Street, Lake Providence, LA 71254 · (318) 559-1395 · East Carroll Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Louisiana public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
10.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
155 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 6 | 51 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 36% |
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Griffin Middle School Academy→General Trass High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Carroll Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
13.0%
LA avg 41.4% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
LA avg 33.2%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | N/A |
% 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
8.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Griffin Middle School Academy
Griffin Middle School Academy's state test result (8.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Middle School Academy this school | 163 | 95.1% | 8.3% |
| Rayville Junior High School Rayville | 145 | 92.4% | 8.0% |
| Evangeline Reimagine Academy Ville Platte | 175 | 95.4% | 9.7% |
| Scotlandville Pre-Engineering Academy Baton Rouge | 216 | 90.3% | 22.3% |
| Madison Middle School Tallulah | 238 | 93.3% | 10.8% |
| Opelousas Middle School Opelousas | 132 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
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 Griffin Middle School Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #211 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #203 of 210 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #209 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #205 of 220 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #9 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.5% | #19 of 162 |
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
163
-30 (-16%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 163 | 15.3 | 10.6:1 | 95% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 18.6 | 9.3:1 | 87% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 168 | 15.8 | 10.6:1 | 88% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 12 | 16.1:1 | 94% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 10.7 | 22.8:1 | 78% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 79% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 23 | 10.9:1 | 95% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 94% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 20 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffin Middle School Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (245 to 163); teachers up 43% (10.7 to 15.3).
About Griffin Middle School Academy
Griffin Middle School Academy, located in Lake Providence, Louisiana, is a very small middle-grades school. In all, 163 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 63% below the average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
Griffin Middle School Academy reports to East Carroll Parish, which has 3 schools and 736 students.
At Griffin Middle School Academy, 99% of students are Black. For comparison, the population of East Carroll Parish is roughly 63% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Griffin Middle School Academy scores 1%.
The school lists 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. The average for public schools in East Carroll Parish is similar, at 95%.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Griffin Middle School Academy outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Griffin Middle School Academy's results are 7.5 points below predicted: 8.3% against 15.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for East Carroll Parish show that median household income comes to about $33,341, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 28%. The county's public schools total 3, with about 736 students.
Southside Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Griffin Middle School Academy. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Griffin Middle School Academy comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Griffin Middle School Academy the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Griffin Middle School Academy enrolled 193 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 163. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 10.6:1.
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East Carroll Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,072
Census ACS
Median income
$33,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
736 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Carroll Parish
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- General Trass High SchoolHigh · 214 students
Other schools in Lake Providence
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- General Trass High SchoolHigh · 214 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Elementary School0.1 mi · 359
- General Trass High School0.5 mi · 214
- Oak Grove High School13.0 mi · 500
- Oak Grove Elementary School13.0 mi · 523
- Forest School13.1 mi · 460
- South Delta High School19.2 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Griffin Middle School AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Griffin Middle School Academy?
Griffin Middle School Academy enrolls approximately 163 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Griffin Middle School Academy serve?
Griffin Middle School Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Griffin Middle School Academy have?
Griffin Middle School Academy employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Griffin Middle School Academy?
Student demographics at Griffin Middle School Academy are roughly 1% Hispanic, 99% Black.
What district is Griffin Middle School Academy in?
Griffin Middle School Academy is part of East Carroll Parish.
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