Enrollment
333
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN PARISH·NCES 220006001049
Kinder Middle School
414 North 12th Street, Kinder, LA 70648 · (318) 738-3223 · Allen Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
210 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 5 | 93 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 21% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
47.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
38.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Kinder Middle School
Kinder Middle School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinder Middle School this school | 333 | 63.1% | 42.7% |
| Rene A. Rost Middle School Kaplan | 360 | 59.4% | 39.7% |
| LeBlanc Middle School Sulphur | 366 | 59.8% | 34.3% |
| Jena Junior High School Jena | 288 | 57.3% | 39.0% |
| Mangham Junior High School Mangham | 216 | 63.0% | 29.8% |
| Grant Junior High School Dry Prong | 438 | 68.3% | 26.0% |
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 Kinder Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #58 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #66 of 210 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #73 of 213 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #42 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #139 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #20 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #129 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #133 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #51 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
333
-100 (-23%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 333 | 32.4 | 10.3:1 | 63% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 29 | 12.4:1 | 59% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 61% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 58% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 57% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 57% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 61% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 50% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kinder Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (438 to 333); teachers up 41% (23 to 32.4).
About Kinder Middle School
Kinder, Louisiana, is home to Kinder Middle School, a small middle school. There are 333 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts enrollment 24% below the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana.
Allen Parish includes 11 schools. Together they enroll 3,853 students.
Of every 100 students at Kinder Middle School, about 71 are White. It is also 18% Black and 7% multiracial. Among Allen Parish residents, the White share is about 69%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kinder Middle School scores 46%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. The school has 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 30.7 students per teacher. In all, 63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Kinder Middle School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kinder Middle School's results are 3.7 points above predicted: 42.7% against 38.9%.
The school is in Allen Parish, where median household income comes to about $46,469, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 21%. Allen Parish counts 12 public schools with about 3,859 students.
Kinder Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Kinder Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Kinder Middle School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 333, from 433 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.0:1 to 10.3:1 over the same years.
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Allen Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,477
Census ACS
Median income
$46,469
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allen Parish
- Kinder Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Kinder High SchoolHigh · 388 students
- Fairview High SchoolCombined · 387 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- Elizabeth High SchoolCombined · 337 students
Other schools in Kinder
- Kinder Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Kinder High SchoolHigh · 388 students
- Allen Correctional CenterHigh · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Kinder Elementary School0.0 mi · 524
- Kinder High School1.2 mi · 388
- Allen Correctional Center6.1 mi · 6
- Elton Elementary School8.3 mi · 221
- Elton High School9.0 mi · 245
- Fenton Elementary School9.6 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About Kinder Middle SchoolHow large is Kinder Middle School?
Kinder Middle School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Kinder Middle School serve?
Kinder Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kinder Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kinder Middle School is approximately 10.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kinder Middle School?
Student demographics at Kinder Middle School are roughly 71% White, 2% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Kinder Middle School public or private?
Kinder Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Allen Parish.
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