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Enrollment
781
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000253
Moss Bluff Middle School
1104 Recreation Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70611 · (337) 217-4570 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
309 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 262 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 262 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
56.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Moss Bluff Middle School
Moss Bluff Middle School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bluff Middle School this school | 781 | 39.6% | 48.7% |
| J.B. Martin Middle School Paradis | 733 | 40.5% | 46.0% |
| North DeSoto Middle School 6-8 Stonewall | 605 | 40.7% | 57.8% |
| Benton Intermediate School Benton | 754 | 33.3% | 60.3% |
| W. W. Lewis Middle School Sulphur | 757 | 44.9% | 46.8% |
| Prairieville Middle School Prairieville | 835 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
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 Moss Bluff Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #34 of 213 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #22 of 210 ▼ 2 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #41 of 213 ▲ 18 | #2 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #32 of 197 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 781 | #18 of 220 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #75 of 195 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #154 of 195 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #201 of 214 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #87 of 162 | #5 of 10 |
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
781
-36 (-4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 781 | 61.7 | 12.7:1 | 40% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 62 | 13.9:1 | 42% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 883 | 50.1 | 17.6:1 | 41% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 47% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 932 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 35% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 916 | N/A | N/A | 37% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 913 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 41% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 835 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 25% (206) |
| 1990-91 | 781 | 40 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moss Bluff Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (932 to 781); teachers up 12% (55 to 61.7).
About Moss Bluff Middle School
Moss Bluff Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Calcasieu Parish, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 781 students on the rolls. Middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students, which makes this school 78% larger than average.
The district, Calcasieu Parish, operates 56 schools serving 27,851 students.
The largest group at Moss Bluff Middle School is White students, at 79%. Smaller groups are 12% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 66% of Calcasieu Parish residents are White. The diversity index for Moss Bluff Middle School is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Moss Bluff Middle School totals 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The average for middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Moss Bluff Middle School is about 40%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Calcasieu Parish is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Moss Bluff Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Moss Bluff Middle School scores 48.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.9%.
In the surrounding county, Calcasieu Parish, the median household earns about $67,564 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Moss Bluff Middle School, Calcasieu Parish has 61 public schools.
Moss Bluff Middle School's nearest public school is Sam Houston High School (about 0.6 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Moss Bluff Middle School. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Moss Bluff Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Moss Bluff Middle School enrolled 817 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 781. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.7:1.
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Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in Lake Charles
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
- Lake Charles Charter AcademyElementary · 951 students
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston High School0.6 mi · 1,141
- Moss Bluff Elementary School1.1 mi · 969
- Combre-Fondel Elementary School3.4 mi · 426
- Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School4.0 mi · 265
- Westlake High School4.1 mi · 487
- Westwood Elementary School4.1 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Moss Bluff Middle SchoolHow many students attend Moss Bluff Middle School?
Moss Bluff Middle School enrolls approximately 781 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Moss Bluff Middle School serve?
Moss Bluff Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Moss Bluff Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Moss Bluff Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Moss Bluff Middle School?
Student demographics at Moss Bluff Middle School are roughly 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Moss Bluff Middle School in?
Moss Bluff Middle School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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