Linear/Northside Middle School

Linear/Northside Middle School operates as an intimate middle school in Shreveport, Louisiana, overseen by Caddo Parish. Current enrollment sits at 259 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 440.

Caddo Parish comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 32,649 students; Linear/Northside Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Linear/Northside Middle School logs that nearly all students (95%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Caddo Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Linear/Northside Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Caddo Parish put median household earnings sit near $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Linear/Northside Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pine Grove Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Linear/Northside Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Linear/Northside Middle School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 14.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 37%: 409 students in 2018 compared to 259 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.