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Enrollment
374
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERMILION PARISH·NCES 220180001569
J.H. Williams Middle School
1105 Prairie Avenue, Abbeville, LA 70510 · (337) 893-3943 · Vermilion Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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.
- C+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
13.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
305 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 126 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 38% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
16.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 16.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
19.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 J.H. Williams Middle School
J.H. Williams Middle School's state test result (19.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.H. Williams Middle School this school | 374 | 81.6% | 19.5% |
| Anderson Middle School New Iberia | 320 | 89.4% | 19.7% |
| Scott M. Brame Middle School Alexandria | 709 | 83.1% | 31.7% |
| Greenacres Middle School Bossier City | 543 | 70.7% | 31.2% |
| Iberia Middle School New Iberia | 405 | 75.6% | 29.5% |
| Stella Worley Middle School Westwego | 235 | 85.1% | 17.0% |
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.H. Williams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #168 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #168 of 210 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #150 of 213 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #125 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #117 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #114 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #56 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #58 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #25 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
374
-191 (-34%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 374 | 26.9 | 13.9:1 | 82% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 33.1 | 14.7:1 | 86% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 28.3 | 18.6:1 | 84% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 67% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 36.5 | 14.9:1 | 60% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | N/A | N/A | 86% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 83% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 74% (505) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 38 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.H. Williams Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (544 to 374); teachers down 26% (36.5 to 26.9).
About J.H. Williams Middle School
J.H. Williams Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Abbeville, Louisiana. The school serves 374 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
J.H. Williams Middle School is one of the 20 schools that make up Vermilion Parish (8,433 students in total).
At 57%, Black students outnumber all other groups at J.H. Williams Middle School combined. Smaller groups are 24% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 13% of Vermilion Parish residents are Black. By the diversity index, J.H. Williams Middle School comes in at 61%.
Teacher staffing is 26.9 full-time equivalents, or about 13.9 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 41.0:1. About 82% of students, or 305, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 56% for public schools in Vermilion Parish.
The allk12 Grade for J.H. Williams Middle School is C-. Compared with Louisiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
J.H. Williams Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.5% is 6.1 points below the 25.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Vermilion Parish, median household income is about $55,707, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. A total of 24 public schools operate in Vermilion Parish, serving about 10,278 students.
The next-closest public school is James A. Herod Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of J.H. Williams Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, J.H. Williams Middle School is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 565 to 374. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.9:1, from 18.2:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Vermilion Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,123
Census ACS
Median income
$55,707
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vermilion Parish
- North Vermilion High SchoolHigh · 790 students
- Leblanc Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Cecil Picard Elementary School at MauriceElementary · 592 students
- Abbeville High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Erath High SchoolHigh · 557 students
- Dozier Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other schools in Abbeville
- Leblanc Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Abbeville High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Eaton Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- James A. Herod Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Meaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Forked Island/E. Broussard Elem SchoolElementary · 243 students
Nearby schools
- James A. Herod Elementary School0.8 mi · 285
- Abbeville High School1.2 mi · 569
- Eaton Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 376
- Meaux Elementary School4.7 mi · 281
- Dozier Elementary School5.2 mi · 556
- Leblanc Elementary School5.2 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About J.H. Williams Middle SchoolHow many students attend J.H. Williams Middle School?
J.H. Williams Middle School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does J.H. Williams Middle School serve?
J.H. Williams Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at J.H. Williams Middle School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at J.H. Williams Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J.H. Williams Middle School?
At J.H. Williams Middle School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 7% Hispanic, 57% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees J.H. Williams Middle School?
J.H. Williams Middle School is overseen by Vermilion Parish in Vermilion Parish.
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