Labadieville Middle School

Labadieville Middle School is an intimate middle school in Labadieville, Louisiana, operated by Assumption Parish. The school hosts 191 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Labadieville Middle School sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Assumption Parish comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,701 students; Labadieville Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Labadieville Middle School reports that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Assumption Parish as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Labadieville Middle School lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Assumption Parish's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, Labadieville Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Assumption Parish put median household income runs about $51,423, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Assumption Parish's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,701 students), Labadieville Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Labadieville Primary School, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Labadieville Middle School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Labadieville Middle School has edged down 35%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 191 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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