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How has John Q. Adams Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
658
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000576
John Q. Adams Middle School
5525 Henican Place, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 887-5240 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% 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.
- CThree-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
16.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
368 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 | 247 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%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
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 John Q. Adams Middle School
John Q. Adams Middle School's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Q. Adams Middle School this school | 658 | 55.9% | 18.8% |
| J.D. Meisler Middle School Metairie | 679 | 51.4% | 19.3% |
| Livaudais Middle School Terrytown | 743 | 58.3% | 14.3% |
| T.H. Harris Middle School Metairie | 563 | 66.8% | 17.2% |
| L.H. Marrero Middle School Marrero | 619 | 70.0% | 22.3% |
| Morgan City Junior High School Morgan City | 412 | 67.2% | 20.0% |
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 John Q. Adams Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #170 of 213 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #154 of 210 ▲ 23 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #170 of 213 ▲ 5 | #4 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #56 of 197 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #39 of 220 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #168 of 195 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #120 of 195 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #160 of 214 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #75 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
658
-163 (-20%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 948
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 658 | 40.5 | 16.3:1 | 56% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 778 | 39.4 | 19.8:1 | 48% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 900 | 32.1 | 28.1:1 | 55% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 821 | 31 | 26.5:1 | 85% (695) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 33 | 24.4:1 | 60% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 834 | N/A | N/A | 74% (617) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 46 | 17.9:1 | 71% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 54% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 948 | 45 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Q. Adams Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (804 to 658); teachers up 23% (33 to 40.5).
About John Q. Adams Middle School
John Q. Adams Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Metairie, Louisiana. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 658 students. It has 50% more students than the average for middle schools in Louisiana (about 440).
John Q. Adams Middle School falls under Jefferson Parish, which has 74 schools enrolling 46,790 students.
The share of Hispanic students at John Q. Adams Middle School is 70%, a majority. Smaller groups are 12% Black, 10% White, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Jefferson Parish is roughly 19% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
John Q. Adams Middle School reported 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.3:1. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 41.0:1 for middle schools in Louisiana. Roughly 56% of students at John Q. Adams Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 68% average among public schools in Jefferson Parish.
On the allk12 Grade, John Q. Adams Middle School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Louisiana public middle schools.
John Q. Adams Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 18.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana are predicted to post 44.1%, so the school is 25.3 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Jefferson Parish, where the school is located, the median household earns about $65,252 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Jefferson Parish number 86, with about 47,983 students.
Harold Keller Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, John Q. Adams Middle School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 821 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 658 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 26.5 in 2020-21 to 16.3 in 2024-25.
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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
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Rudolph Matas SchoolElementary · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Harold Keller Elementary School0.5 mi · 550
- Bissonet Plaza School1.1 mi · 624
- Alice Birney Elementary School1.3 mi · 579
- Walter Schneckenburger Elem School1.3 mi · 327
- Tom Benson School1.4 mi · 631
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School1.5 mi · 2,376
Frequently asked questions
About John Q. Adams Middle SchoolHow large is John Q. Adams Middle School?
John Q. Adams Middle School enrolls approximately 658 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does John Q. Adams Middle School serve?
John Q. Adams Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John Q. Adams Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John Q. Adams Middle School is approximately 16.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at John Q. Adams Middle School?
At John Q. Adams Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 70% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees John Q. Adams Middle School?
John Q. Adams Middle School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
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