Enrollment
331
Middle
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO PARISH·NCES 220051000626
Mansfield Middle School
1915 McArthur Dr, Mansfield, LA 71052 · (318) 872-1309 · De Soto Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
288 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 5 | 73 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 33% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DeSoto Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
22.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Mansfield Middle School
Mansfield Middle School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield Middle School this school | 331 | 87.0% | 19.8% |
| Caddo Middle Career and Technology School Shreveport | 336 | 84.2% | 9.0% |
| Paul Breaux Middle School Lafayette | 314 | 91.1% | 21.8% |
| Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School Lake Charles | 265 | 90.6% | 14.0% |
| Martin Luther King Junior High School Monroe | 350 | 92.0% | 14.7% |
| Lowery Middle School Donaldsonville | 277 | 91.3% | 14.0% |
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 Mansfield Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #164 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #134 of 210 ▲ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #131 of 213 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #16 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #140 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #47 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #180 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #35 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #49 of 162 |
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
-62 (-16%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 29.1 | 11.4:1 | 87% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 28.2 | 12.1:1 | 83% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 22.6 | 16.9:1 | 82% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 21 | 18.7:1 | 81% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 22.1 | 19.9:1 | 64% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 68% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 92% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 78% (393) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mansfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (439 to 331); teachers up 32% (22.1 to 29.1).
About Mansfield Middle School
Mansfield Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Mansfield, Louisiana. The school had 331 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440, so this school runs 25% smaller than that.
DeSoto Parish is the local district for Mansfield Middle School. It runs 9 schools with 4,923 students.
Black students make up 90% of enrollment at Mansfield Middle School. Other students are 4% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. That is higher than the 35% Black share among all De Soto Parish residents. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1 at Mansfield Middle School, with 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 29.6 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in De Soto Parish is 55%.
Mansfield Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mansfield Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.8% is 1.8 points below the 21.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across De Soto Parish, the median household income is $48,578, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. De Soto Parish is home to 9 public schools and about 4,923 public school students.
Mansfield Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Mansfield Middle School. The five-mile area around Mansfield Middle School holds 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 38.8%, higher than Mansfield Middle School's 19.8%.
Mansfield Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The school enrolled 331 students in 2024-25, 62 fewer than the 393 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.7:1 to 11.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
De Soto Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,026
Census ACS
Median income
$48,578
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,923 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto Parish
- North DeSoto High SchoolHigh · 817 students
- North DeSoto Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- North DeSoto Middle School 6-8Middle · 605 students
- Logansport High SchoolCombined · 566 students
- Mansfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- North DeSoto Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
Other schools in Mansfield
- Mansfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 327 students
Other Mansfield Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mansfield Middle. Mansfield Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Mansfield Middle SchoolStorrs, CT · 414 students
- Mansfield Middle SchoolMansfield, OH · 387 students
- MANSFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOLMANSFIELD, AR · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Mansfield Elementary School0.0 mi · 542
- Mansfield High School2.4 mi · 327
- Stanley High School15.0 mi · 405
- North DeSoto Middle School 6-815.5 mi · 605
- North DeSoto Lower Elementary School15.5 mi · 523
- North DeSoto High School15.5 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Mansfield Middle SchoolHow large is Mansfield Middle School?
Mansfield Middle School enrolls approximately 331 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Mansfield Middle School serve?
Mansfield Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mansfield Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Mansfield Middle School.
How diverse is Mansfield Middle School?
Mansfield Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 2% Hispanic, 90% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Mansfield Middle School public or private?
Mansfield Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeSoto Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.