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Best kept secret at J.D. Meisler Middle School?
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Enrollment
679
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000636
J.D. Meisler Middle School
3700 Cleary Avenue, Metairie, LA 70002 · (504) 888-5832 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- FBeats 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
19.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
349 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 232 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 209 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 35% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
30.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
20.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 J.D. Meisler Middle School
J.D. Meisler Middle School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Meisler Middle School this school | 679 | 51.4% | 19.3% |
| John Q. Adams Middle School Metairie | 658 | 55.9% | 18.8% |
| Livaudais Middle School Terrytown | 743 | 58.3% | 14.3% |
| T.H. Harris Middle School Metairie | 563 | 66.8% | 17.2% |
| Morgan City Junior High School Morgan City | 412 | 67.2% | 20.0% |
| L.H. Marrero Middle School Marrero | 619 | 70.0% | 22.3% |
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 J.D. Meisler Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #169 of 213 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #151 of 210 ▼ 8 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #159 of 213 ▲ 17 | #2 of 6 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #55 of 197 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #34 of 220 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #192 of 195 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #116 of 195 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #172 of 214 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #86 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
679
-62 (-8%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,086
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 679 | 35 | 19.4:1 | 51% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 761 | 40.1 | 19.0:1 | 47% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 33 | 22.8:1 | 50% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 32 | 23.2:1 | 83% (614) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 37 | 21.9:1 | 60% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 76% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 67% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 1,113 | 62 | 17.9:1 | 52% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 1,086 | 39 | 27.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.D. Meisler Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (811 to 679); teachers down 6% (37 to 35).
About J.D. Meisler Middle School
J.D. Meisler Middle School is a public middle school in Metairie, Louisiana. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 679 students. By comparison, middle schools in Louisiana enroll about 440 students on average.
In Jefferson Parish, 74 schools enroll a combined 46,790 students.
Of every 100 students at J.D. Meisler Middle School, about 68 are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 18% Black, 9% White, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Jefferson Parish, the Hispanic share is about 19%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. Compared with the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 51% of the student body. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish, the school's rate is lower.
J.D. Meisler Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Louisiana public middle schools.
J.D. Meisler Middle School falls short of its prediction by 28.0 points. The model expects 47.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana; the school's rate is 19.3%.
The school is in Jefferson Parish, where median household income comes to about $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools enroll about 47,983 students and include J.D. Meisler Middle School.
Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies is the nearest public school to J.D. Meisler Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of J.D. Meisler Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, J.D. Meisler Middle School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 8%. By 2024-25, the school had 19.4 students per teacher, compared with 23.2 in 2020-21.
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Jefferson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
430,920
Census ACS
Median income
$65,252
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
47,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Parish
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Other schools in Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Rudolph Matas SchoolElementary · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies0.5 mi · 872
- Alice Birney Elementary School1.3 mi · 579
- Phoebe Hearst School1.5 mi · 602
- Bridgedale Elementary School1.9 mi · 491
- Harold Keller Elementary School2.1 mi · 550
- Rudolph Matas School2.2 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolHow many students attend J.D. Meisler Middle School?
J.D. Meisler Middle School enrolls approximately 679 students in grades 06-08.
Is J.D. Meisler Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
J.D. Meisler Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at J.D. Meisler Middle School?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at J.D. Meisler Middle School.
How diverse is J.D. Meisler Middle School?
J.D. Meisler Middle School reports a student body of 9% White, 68% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is J.D. Meisler Middle School in?
J.D. Meisler Middle School is part of Jefferson Parish.
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