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What's the most underrated thing about Haughton Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
993
Middle
DISTRICT 765 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000135
Haughton Middle School
250 Champion Shores, Haughton, LA 71037 · (318) 549-5560 · Bossier Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
503 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 331 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 343 | 35% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Haughton Middle School
Haughton Middle School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haughton Middle School this school | 993 | 50.7% | 38.5% |
| Central Middle School Central | 1,012 | 55.9% | 46.8% |
| Elm Grove Middle School Bossier City | 916 | 50.3% | 37.2% |
| W. W. Lewis Middle School Sulphur | 757 | 44.9% | 46.8% |
| Good Hope Middle School West Monroe | 601 | 49.4% | 46.5% |
| Little Oak Middle School Slidell | 847 | 41.4% | 52.2% |
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 Haughton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #73 of 213 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #52 of 210 ▲ 27 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #60 of 213 ▲ 20 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #22 of 197 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 993 | #3 of 220 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #180 of 195 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #111 of 195 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #174 of 214 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #28 of 40 | 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
993
-47 (-5%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 993 | 59.7 | 16.6:1 | 51% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 1,052 | 61.3 | 17.1:1 | 54% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 1,075 | 49.7 | 21.6:1 | 61% (654) |
| 2020-21 | 1,040 | 50 | 20.8:1 | 27% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 959 | 49.5 | 19.4:1 | 44% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 978 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 43% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 897 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 48% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 901 | 48 | 18.8:1 | 34% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 39 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haughton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (959 to 993); teachers up 21% (49.5 to 59.7).
About Haughton Middle School
Families in Haughton, Louisiana, are served by Haughton Middle School, a large middle school. Its enrollment is 993 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
Within Bossier Parish, Haughton Middle School is one of 34 schools. The district enrolls 22,233 students.
About 67% of the student body at Haughton Middle School is White. Smaller groups are 16% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Bossier Parish residents are about 63% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Haughton Middle School are from different groups.
There are 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.6:1. Compared with the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Bossier Parish is similar, at 53%.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Haughton Middle School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Haughton Middle School, the prediction is 47.9% and the result is 38.5%.
The county, Bossier Parish, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,617 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Bossier Parish has 34 public schools with about 22,233 students, including Haughton Middle School.
Haughton High School sits about 1.0 miles from Haughton Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 42.4%, higher than Haughton Middle School's 38.5%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Haughton Middle School enrolled 1,040 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 993. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.8:1 in 2020-21 to 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Benton Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
Other schools in Haughton
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Haughton Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- T.L. Rodes Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Platt Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Haughton High School1.0 mi · 1,360
- Haughton Elementary School1.9 mi · 618
- Princeton Elementary School3.5 mi · 491
- Platt Elementary School4.2 mi · 459
- T.L. Rodes Elementary School4.2 mi · 542
- Doyline High School5.3 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Haughton Middle SchoolHow large is Haughton Middle School?
Haughton Middle School enrolls approximately 993 students in grades 06-08.
Is Haughton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haughton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Haughton Middle School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Haughton Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Haughton Middle School?
Student demographics at Haughton Middle School are roughly 67% White, 12% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Haughton Middle School?
Haughton Middle School is overseen by Bossier Parish in Bossier Parish.
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