Moss Bluff Middle School

As a large middle-grades school in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Moss Bluff Middle School serves 781 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Calcasieu Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 78% above the state mean of about 440.

Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,851 students. Moss Bluff Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Moss Bluff Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest reads as 12% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Moss Bluff Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Calcasieu Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moss Bluff Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

In the area at large, Calcasieu Parish reports that median household income runs about $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Calcasieu Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), of which Moss Bluff Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Sam Houston High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moss Bluff Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 28.1%.

Moss Bluff Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moss Bluff Middle School has decreased 16%, going from 932 students in 2018 to 781 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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