Judice Middle School

As a mid-tier junior high in Duson, Louisiana, Judice Middle School serves 442 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Lafayette Parish.

Lafayette Parish comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 29,396 students; Judice Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Judice Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Black, 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the resource side, On paper, Judice Middle School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Judice Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 34.5%.

In the surrounding community, Lafayette Parish reports that median household income runs about $67,451, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lafayette Parish runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), of which Judice Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Ridge Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Judice Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.7%.

Judice Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Judice Middle School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 442). The White share of enrollment fell from 48% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

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