North Vermilion Middle School

North Vermilion Middle School is a 6-8 campus of mid-sized scale in Maurice, Louisiana, run under Vermilion Parish, enrolling 535 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% larger than the state mean of about 440.

Within Vermilion Parish, which oversees 20 schools and 8,433 students, North Vermilion Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Vermilion Middle School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 9% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Vermilion Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting North Vermilion Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at North Vermilion Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Vermilion Parish (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, North Vermilion Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Vermilion Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,707 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. North Vermilion Middle School is one of 24 public schools in Vermilion Parish (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students).

The closest other public school is North Vermilion High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around North Vermilion Middle School. On composite proficiency, North Vermilion Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 619 students in 2018 compared to 535 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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