Enrollment
331
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFOURCHE PARISH·NCES 220090000712
Lockport Middle School
720 Main Street, Lockport, LA 70374 · (985) 532-2597 · Lafourche Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Louisiana public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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
15.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
174 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 6 | 102 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
70.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 70.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Lockport Middle School
Lockport Middle School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport Middle School this school | 331 | 52.6% | 50.5% |
| S. P. Arnett Middle School Westlake | 374 | 51.9% | 45.5% |
| Calhoun Middle School Calhoun | 423 | 53.4% | 35.8% |
| Jena Junior High School Jena | 288 | 57.3% | 39.0% |
| LeBlanc Middle School Sulphur | 366 | 59.8% | 34.3% |
| Creekside Junior High Pearl River | 447 | 56.2% | 31.0% |
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 Lockport Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafourche Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #24 of 213 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #16 of 210 ▲ 13 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #10 of 213 ▲ 16 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #13 of 197 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #141 of 220 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #154 of 195 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #152 of 195 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #170 of 214 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #111 of 162 | #3 of 6 |
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
331
-64 (-16%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 331 | 21.1 | 15.7:1 | 53% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 20.6 | 18.3:1 | 48% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 19 | 20.8:1 | 39% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 20.8 | 18.5:1 | 57% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | N/A | N/A | 55% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 45% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 40% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lockport Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (383 to 331); teachers up 2% (20.8 to 21.1).
About Lockport Middle School
A small middle school in Lockport, Louisiana, Lockport Middle School is part of Lafourche Parish. The student body numbers 331 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440, so this school runs 25% smaller than that.
Lafourche Parish (30 schools, 13,326 students) runs Lockport Middle School.
A majority of students at Lockport Middle School, 79%, are White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Lockport Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
Federal data list 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lockport Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.7:1. Among middle schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 41.0:1. The lunch program counts 53% of students at Lockport Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Lafourche Parish average 63%.
allk12 grades Lockport Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lockport Middle School would score about 46.5%. It scores 50.5%, 4.0 points above that figure.
Census estimates describe Lafourche Parish this way: median household income is about $63,135, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 32 public schools in Lafourche Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 13,426.
Lockport Upper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Local comparison: Lockport Middle School ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 50.5% versus a 46.0% average.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lockport Middle School went from 395 students to 331. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.8:1 to 15.7:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Lockport Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lafourche Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,252
Census ACS
Median income
$63,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
13,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafourche Parish
- Central Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 1,307 students
- Thibodaux High SchoolHigh · 1,306 students
- South Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Thibodaux Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Thibodaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other schools in Lockport
- Lockport Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Lockport Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Lockport Upper Elementary School0.1 mi · 374
- Lockport Lower Elementary School0.2 mi · 429
- Central Lafourche High School3.7 mi · 1,307
- Bourg Elementary School7.4 mi · 328
- Raceland Upper Elementary School7.7 mi · 302
- Raceland Lower Elementary School7.7 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Lockport Middle SchoolHow large is Lockport Middle School?
Lockport Middle School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lockport Middle School serve?
Lockport Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lockport Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lockport Middle School is approximately 15.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lockport Middle School?
Student demographics at Lockport Middle School are roughly 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lockport Middle School public or private?
Lockport Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafourche Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.