L.H. Marrero Middle School

L.H. Marrero Middle School is one of the moderately sized middle-grades schools in Marrero, Louisiana, operated by Jefferson Parish, with 619 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 41% bigger than typical.

Jefferson Parish runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 46,790 students. L.H. Marrero Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, L.H. Marrero Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 40% Black, 13% White, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), L.H. Marrero Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 22.7%, a residual of -11.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $65,252, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. L.H. Marrero Middle School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts L.H. Marrero Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. L.H. Marrero Middle School's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 829 (now 619). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 18% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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