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What's the most underrated thing about Judice Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
442
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000675
Judice Middle School
2645 South Fieldspan Road, Duson, LA 70529 · (337) 521-7890 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
270 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 139 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
43.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
34.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
Where Judice Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #86 of 213 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #87 of 210 | #5 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #96 of 213 | #4 of 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #46 of 197 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #93 of 220 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #195 of 195 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #6 of 195 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #140 of 214 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #40 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
442
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 442 | 18.9 | 23.4:1 | 61% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 28.8 | 18.3:1 | 60% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 27.4 | 16.9:1 | 61% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 26 | 18.3:1 | 96% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 40% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 77% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 63% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 43% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 29 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judice Middle School.
About Judice Middle School
Judice Middle School, a mid-sized middle school, is located in Duson, Louisiana. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 442 students.
Lafayette Parish is made up of 44 schools with 29,396 students in all.
The largest group at Judice Middle School is White students, at 38%. The school is also 31% Black, 25% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 63% White share among all Lafayette Parish residents. The diversity index for Judice Middle School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Roughly 61% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lafayette Parish is similar, at 59%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Judice Middle School is 5.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.5% actual, 40.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In the surrounding county, Lafayette Parish, median household income comes to about $67,451, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 50, with about 35,903 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ridge Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Judice Middle School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Judice Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Judice Middle School had a net loss of 33 students, or 7%. By 2024-25, the school had 23.4 students per teacher, compared with 18.3 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Duson
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Charles M. Burke Elementary SchoolElementary · 564 students
- Duson Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Ridge Elementary School0.5 mi · 592
- Charles M. Burke Elementary School2.2 mi · 564
- Prairie Elementary School3.3 mi · 663
- Acadiana High School3.9 mi · 1,652
- Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice4.3 mi · 592
- Vermilion Charter Academy4.5 mi · 919
Frequently asked questions
About Judice Middle SchoolHow large is Judice Middle School?
Judice Middle School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 06-08.
Is Judice Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Judice Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Judice Middle School have?
Judice Middle School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Judice Middle School?
Student demographics at Judice Middle School are roughly 38% White, 25% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Judice Middle School in?
Judice Middle School is part of Lafayette Parish.
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