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Which teacher or staff member at L.H. Marrero Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
619
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000632
L.H. Marrero Middle School
4100 Seventh Street, Marrero, LA 70072 · (504) 341-5842 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Louisiana public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
433 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 207 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 L.H. Marrero Middle School
L.H. Marrero Middle School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.H. Marrero Middle School this school | 619 | 70.0% | 22.3% |
| Southeast Middle School Baton Rouge | 826 | 75.2% | 13.7% |
| Morgan City Junior High School Morgan City | 412 | 67.2% | 20.0% |
| Andrew Jackson Middle School Chalmette | 546 | 67.8% | 31.3% |
| Livaudais Middle School Terrytown | 743 | 58.3% | 14.3% |
| Woodlawn Middle School Baton Rouge | 807 | 67.8% | 30.0% |
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 L.H. Marrero Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #152 of 213 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #155 of 210 ▼ 13 | #3 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #149 of 213 ▲ 15 | #1 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #53 of 197 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #50 of 220 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #161 of 195 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #23 of 195 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #109 of 214 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #45 of 162 | 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. 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
619
-39 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 27.4:1
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 | 619 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 70% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 46.7 | 16.2:1 | 62% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 24.8 | 27.1:1 | 65% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | 24 | 27.4:1 | 96% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 829 | 35 | 23.7:1 | 82% (681) |
| 2015-16 | 803 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 88% (705) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 33 | 18.8:1 | 87% (540) |
| 2000-01 | 938 | 51 | 18.4:1 | 80% (750) |
| 1990-91 | 831 | 49 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L.H. Marrero Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (829 to 619); teachers up 11% (35 to 39).
About L.H. Marrero Middle School
Among the schools in Marrero, Louisiana, is L.H. Marrero Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. School enrollment was 619 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students.
L.H. Marrero Middle School falls under Jefferson Parish, which has 74 schools enrolling 46,790 students.
L.H. Marrero Middle School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 41%. The remaining students are 40% Black, 13% White, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Jefferson Parish, the Hispanic share is about 19%. L.H. Marrero Middle School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.9:1. That is 25.1 students per teacher below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 70%. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson Parish average 68%.
The allk12 Grade for L.H. Marrero Middle School is C-. Compared with Louisiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For L.H. Marrero Middle School, the prediction is 34.0% and the result is 22.3%.
In Jefferson Parish (population about 430,920), the median household income is $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. L.H. Marrero Middle School is one of 86 public schools in the county.
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of L.H. Marrero Middle School. By average proficiency, L.H. Marrero Middle School is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, L.H. Marrero Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when L.H. Marrero Middle School had 658 students, to 2024-25, when it had 619. The ratio of students to teachers went from 27.4:1 to 15.9:1 over the same years.
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Jefferson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
430,920
Census ACS
Median income
$65,252
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
47,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Parish
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Other schools in Marrero
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- L.W. Higgins High SchoolHigh · 1,136 students
- Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Allen Ellender SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Harry S Truman SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Estelle SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Ella C. Pittman Elementary School0.8 mi · 471
- West Jefferson High School1.1 mi · 1,438
- Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School1.3 mi · 414
- John Ehret High School1.3 mi · 1,850
- JCFA1.5 mi · 127
- Lincoln School for the Arts1.5 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About L.H. Marrero Middle SchoolHow many students attend L.H. Marrero Middle School?
L.H. Marrero Middle School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does L.H. Marrero Middle School serve?
L.H. Marrero Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at L.H. Marrero Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at L.H. Marrero Middle School is approximately 15.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is L.H. Marrero Middle School?
L.H. Marrero Middle School reports a student body of 13% White, 41% Hispanic, 40% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees L.H. Marrero Middle School?
L.H. Marrero Middle School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.