Enrollment
178
Middle
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATCHITOCHES PARISH·NCES 220114000838
N.S.U. Middle Lab School
100 Tarlton Drive TEC Building POD A, Natchitoches, LA 71497 · (318) 357-4509 · Natchitoches Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
13.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
77 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 61 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 33% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
N.S.U. Middle Lab School→Natchitoches Central High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Natchitoches Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
85.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +29.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 29 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 85.0% | 87.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 58.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 N.S.U. Middle Lab School
N.S.U. Middle Lab School's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.S.U. Middle Lab School this school | 178 | 43.3% | 69.2% |
| Folsom Junior High School Folsom | 183 | 49.7% | 47.8% |
| Sixth Ward Middle School Thibodaux | 236 | 44.1% | 60.2% |
| Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School Roanoke | 199 | 50.8% | 32.2% |
| DeQuincy Middle School DeQuincy | 208 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
| Iota Middle School Iota | 235 | 44.3% | 49.2% |
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 N.S.U. Middle Lab School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #3 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #2 of 210 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #2 of 213 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #1 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #202 of 220 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.3% | #189 of 214 |
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
178
+12 (+7%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 191
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 178 | 13.2 | 13.5:1 | 43% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 173 | 12 | 14.5:1 | 39% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 8.8 | 20.3:1 | 37% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 8 | 20.8:1 | 24% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 176 | 10 | 17.6:1 | 20% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 18 | 9.7:1 | 21% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 14 | 12.9:1 | 22% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 200 | 12 | 16.7:1 | 23% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 191 | 12 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for N.S.U. Middle Lab School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (176 to 178); teachers up 32% (10 to 13.2).
About N.S.U. Middle Lab School
N.S.U. Middle Lab School is a small middle-grades school in Louisiana, with an address in Natchitoches. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 178 students enrolled. It has 60% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Louisiana (about 440).
Natchitoches Parish runs 13 schools with a combined 4,792 students. N.S.U. Middle Lab School is one of them.
The share of White students at N.S.U. Middle Lab School is 70%, a majority. The remaining students are 19% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Natchitoches Parish is about 51% White. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at N.S.U. Middle Lab School are from different groups.
N.S.U. Middle Lab School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1, with 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Natchitoches Parish is 84%.
N.S.U. Middle Lab School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Louisiana public middle schools.
N.S.U. Middle Lab School is in the top 10% of Louisiana schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.2%. The school's actual rate is 69.2%, 15.9 points higher.
In the wider Natchitoches Parish area, median household income comes to about $46,292, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Natchitoches Parish's 15 public schools enroll about 5,064 students and include N.S.U. Middle Lab School.
Of the public schools around it, N.S.U. Middle Lab School is closest to Natchitoches Central High School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. N.S.U. Middle Lab School is 2nd of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
N.S.U. Middle Lab School has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 166 to 178. The school's ratio dropped from 20.8:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Natchitoches Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,693
Census ACS
Median income
$46,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,064 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natchitoches Parish
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolElementary · 444 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
Other schools in Natchitoches
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
- N.S.U. Elementary Lab SchoolElementary · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Natchitoches Central High School0.5 mi · 1,188
- Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts0.5 mi · 272
- N.S.U. Elementary Lab School0.7 mi · 290
- Natchitoches Parish Technical and Career Center1.3 mi · 37
- M.R. Weaver Elementary School1.8 mi · 379
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School1.9 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About N.S.U. Middle Lab SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at N.S.U. Middle Lab School?
N.S.U. Middle Lab School enrolls approximately 178 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does N.S.U. Middle Lab School serve?
N.S.U. Middle Lab School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does N.S.U. Middle Lab School have?
N.S.U. Middle Lab School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is N.S.U. Middle Lab School?
N.S.U. Middle Lab School reports a student body of 70% White, 5% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees N.S.U. Middle Lab School?
N.S.U. Middle Lab School is overseen by Natchitoches Parish in Natchitoches Parish.
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