Kinder Middle School

As a modestly sized junior high in Kinder, Louisiana, Kinder Middle School caters to 333 students from grades 5 through 8, one of the schools within Allen Parish. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Allen Parish comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,853 students; Kinder Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Kinder Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest reads as 18% Black, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allen Parish as a whole.

On the resource side, Kinder Middle School records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Kinder Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kinder Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Allen Parish) reports that median household income runs about $46,469, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Allen Parish's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,859 students), Kinder Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Kinder Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kinder Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 22% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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