N.P. Trist Middle School

N.P. Trist Middle School, a large junior high in Meraux, Louisiana, one of the schools within St. Bernard Parish, serves 767 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 74% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

St. Bernard Parish comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,592 students; N.P. Trist Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, N.P. Trist Middle School logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 28% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, N.P. Trist Middle School records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), N.P. Trist Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.3%.

Across the wider county, St. Bernard Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $58,651, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. N.P. Trist Middle School is one of 12 public schools in St. Bernard Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students).

Joseph J. Davies Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around N.P. Trist Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts N.P. Trist Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. N.P. Trist Middle School's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 767). Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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