Lowery Middle School

Lowery Middle School, a small intermediate school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, overseen by Ascension Parish, enrolls 277 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 440.

Ascension Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 23,743 students. Lowery Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lowery Middle School records that nearly all students (96%) are Black; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lowery Middle School logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Lowery Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Lowery Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ascension Parish (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lowery Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.8%; this one delivers 12.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Ascension Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $91,549 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Lowery Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lowery Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lowery Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowery Middle School has declined 18%, going from 338 students in 2018 to 277 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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