Oakdale Middle School

Oakdale Middle School is a close-knit middle-grades school in Oakdale, Louisiana, overseen by Allen Parish. The school teaches 340 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 440.

Allen Parish runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 3,853 students. Oakdale Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Oakdale Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 30% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Allen Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oakdale Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.0%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Allen Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $46,469 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Oakdale Middle School is one of 12 public schools in Allen Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,859 students).

The closest other public school is Oakdale High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Oakdale Middle School. On composite proficiency, Oakdale Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Oakdale Middle School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 340). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 66% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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