Enrollment
132
Middle
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LANDRY PARISH·NCES 220156001896
Opelousas Middle School
409 East South Street, Opelousas, LA 70571 · (337) 942-8127 · St. Landry Parish
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
7.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
119 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 5 | 56 | 42% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 58% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
23.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
8.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 5.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 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 Opelousas Middle School
Opelousas Middle School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opelousas Middle School this school | 132 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
| Helix Legal Academy Baton Rouge | 127 | 86.6% | 9.0% |
| Rayville Junior High School Rayville | 145 | 92.4% | 8.0% |
| B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School Baldwin | 150 | 90.0% | 27.8% |
| Griffin Middle School Academy Lake Providence | 163 | 95.1% | 8.3% |
| East Feliciana Middle School Clinton | 137 | 84.7% | 20.7% |
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 Opelousas Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Landry Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #190 of 213 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #199 of 210 ▼ 10 | #8 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #186 of 213 ▲ 7 | #7 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #213 of 220 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #26 of 214 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -64.8% | #1 of 162 | #1 of 8 |
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
132
-153 (-54%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 132 | 17.9 | 7.4:1 | 90% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 18.9 | 9.9:1 | 94% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 16.9 | 14.6:1 | 92% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 86% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 76% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 81% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 97% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 90% (430) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 22 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Opelousas Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 65% (375 to 132); teachers down 22% (23 to 17.9).
About Opelousas Middle School
Opelousas Middle School operates as a very small middle school in Opelousas, Louisiana. Its enrollment is 132 students, spread over grades 5 through 6. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 440.
St. Landry Parish serves 10,982 students across 32 schools.
Roughly 91% of students at Opelousas Middle School are Black. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic and 4% White. County-wide, 40% of St. Landry Parish residents are Black. The diversity index for Opelousas Middle School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Opelousas Middle School lists 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 7.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 33.6 students per teacher. About 90% of students at Opelousas Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Landry Parish is 80%.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Opelousas Middle School outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Opelousas Middle School would score about 19.4%. It scores 14.2%, 5.2 points below that figure.
For the population of St. Landry Parish, median household income comes to about $44,462, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Landry Parish counts 37 public schools with about 11,731 students.
Opelousas Junior High School sits about 0.5 miles from Opelousas Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Opelousas Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Opelousas Middle School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Federal records list enrollment at Opelousas Middle School as 285 in 2020-21 and 132 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.4:1.
The allk12 page for Opelousas Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Landry Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,670
Census ACS
Median income
$44,462
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Landry Parish
- Beau Chene High SchoolHigh · 767 students
- Opelousas Senior High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Leonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Eunice High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 575 students
- Lawtell Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Opelousas
- Opelousas Senior High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 575 students
- Park Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
- JS Clark Leadership AcademyCombined · 434 students
- Grolee Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- St. Landry Charter SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Opelousas Junior High School0.5 mi · 314
- Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts0.7 mi · 289
- Creswell Middle School0.9 mi · 162
- Northeast Elementary School0.9 mi · 232
- Park Vista Elementary School1.0 mi · 533
- St. Landry Charter School1.1 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Opelousas Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Opelousas Middle School?
Opelousas Middle School enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 05-06.
Is Opelousas Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Opelousas Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Opelousas Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Opelousas Middle School is approximately 7.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Opelousas Middle School?
Opelousas Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 5% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Opelousas Middle School?
Opelousas Middle School is overseen by St. Landry Parish in St. Landry Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.