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Enrollment
445
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000409
Park Forest Middle School
3760 Aletha Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70814 · (225) 275-6650 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Louisiana public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
9.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
331 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 131 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 36% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
17.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
LA avg 34.2%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 1 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | N/A |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Park Forest Middle School
Park Forest Middle School's state test result (9.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Forest Middle School this school | 445 | 74.4% | 9.3% |
| Westdale Middle School Baton Rouge | 538 | 71.7% | 23.0% |
| Acadian Middle School Lafayette | 340 | 75.9% | 16.3% |
| Carencro Middle School Carencro | 585 | 77.6% | 20.7% |
| Natalbany Middle Tickfaw | 347 | 81.6% | 13.8% |
| Rusheon Middle School Bossier City | 583 | 80.8% | 12.0% |
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 Park Forest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #207 of 213 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #192 of 210 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #200 of 213 ▲ 4 | #12 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #92 of 220 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #12 of 195 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #127 of 195 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #90 of 214 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #27 of 162 | #4 of 10 |
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
445
-245 (-36%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 445 | 47 | 9.5:1 | 74% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 45.3 | 11.8:1 | 69% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 36.3 | 16.1:1 | 78% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 69% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 38.1 | 16.8:1 | 83% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | N/A | N/A | 68% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 974 | 73 | 13.3:1 | 91% (882) |
| 2000-01 | 952 | 57 | 16.7:1 | 78% (741) |
| 1990-91 | 759 | 43 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Forest Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (639 to 445); teachers up 23% (38.1 to 47).
About Park Forest Middle School
The public middle school Park Forest Middle School is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school reports 445 students in grades 6 through 8.
Park Forest Middle School is one of 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, which enrolls 40,083 students in total.
A majority of students at Park Forest Middle School, 69%, are Black. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic and 2% White. East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Park Forest Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
Park Forest Middle School counts 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.5 students for each one. The 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is higher than this school's figure. About 74% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Park Forest Middle School is F. Compared with Louisiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Park Forest Middle School is 30.8%. It actually posts 9.3%, which is 21.5 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
East Baton Rouge Parish has these Census figures: median household income is about $63,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The public schools of East Baton Rouge Parish number 132 and enroll about 66,892.
The nearest other public school, Park Forest Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Park Forest Middle School is 5th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Park Forest Middle School is City: Mid-size.
The number of students declined from 690 to 445 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.7:1 to 9.5:1.
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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
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- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
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Other Park Forest Middle schools
One other US public school is named Park Forest Middle. Park Forest Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Park Forest Middle SchoolState College, PA · 822 students
Nearby schools
- Park Forest Elementary School0.5 mi · 474
- Northdale Superintendent's Academy1.2 mi · 151
- GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge1.3 mi · 769
- GEO Next Generation High School1.3 mi · 478
- Villa del Rey Elementary School1.4 mi · 387
- Greenbrier Elementary School1.6 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Park Forest Middle SchoolHow many students attend Park Forest Middle School?
Park Forest Middle School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Park Forest Middle School serve?
Park Forest Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Forest Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Forest Middle School is approximately 9.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Forest Middle School?
At Park Forest Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 69% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Park Forest Middle School public or private?
Park Forest Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.