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Enrollment
314
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000663
Paul Breaux Middle School
1400 South Orange Street, Lafayette, LA 70501 · (337) 521-7860 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Louisiana public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- FThree-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
14.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
286 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 110 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 39% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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% . -22.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -17.0pp since 2022
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 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 17 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 5.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Paul Breaux Middle School
Paul Breaux Middle School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Breaux Middle School this school | 314 | 91.1% | 21.8% |
| Opelousas Junior High School Opelousas | 314 | 93.0% | 14.5% |
| Lowery Middle School Donaldsonville | 277 | 91.3% | 14.0% |
| Martin Luther King Junior High School Monroe | 350 | 92.0% | 14.7% |
| Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School Lake Charles | 265 | 90.6% | 14.0% |
| Linear/Northside Middle School Shreveport | 259 | 92.7% | 15.5% |
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 Paul Breaux Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #153 of 213 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #189 of 210 ▲ 13 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #201 of 213 ▼ 4 | #10 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -19.5pp | #3 of 197 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #150 of 220 | #10 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #143 of 195 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #178 of 195 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #22 of 214 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.5% | #3 of 162 | #1 of 7 |
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
314
-446 (-59%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 314 | 21.2 | 14.8:1 | 91% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 38.4 | 17.7:1 | 68% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 35 | 21.7:1 | 98% (742) |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 54% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 57 | 10.4:1 | 61% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 49% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 718 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 31% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 635 | 51 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Breaux Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 58% (739 to 314); teachers down 44% (38 to 21.2).
About Paul Breaux Middle School
Paul Breaux Middle School, located in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a low-enrollment middle school. A total of 314 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8. Against the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 29% lower.
The district, Lafayette Parish, has 29,396 students enrolled across 44 schools.
About 90% of the student body at Paul Breaux Middle School is Black. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 3% White. County-wide, 25% of Lafayette Parish residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Paul Breaux Middle School is 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. This ratio sits 26.2 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 91%. That is 32 points above the 59% average for public schools in Lafayette Parish.
allk12 grades Paul Breaux Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Paul Breaux Middle School would be expected to post about 18.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lafayette Parish show that the median household income is $67,451, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paul Breaux Middle School is one of 50 public schools in the county.
Edward J Sam Accelerated School of Lafayette is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Paul Breaux Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school counted 760 students in 2020-21 and 314 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The ratio was 21.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
The Paul Breaux Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Lafayette
- Lafayette Renaissance Charter AcademyCombined · 2,177 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Nearby schools
- Edward J Sam Accelerated School of Lafayette0.1 mi · 84
- Dr. Raphael A. Baranco Elementary School1.2 mi · 247
- Lafayette Middle School1.8 mi · 351
- J.W. Faulk Elementary School1.9 mi · 424
- Myrtle Place Elementary School2.1 mi · 384
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy2.1 mi · 1,362
Frequently asked questions
About Paul Breaux Middle SchoolHow large is Paul Breaux Middle School?
Paul Breaux Middle School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades 05-08.
Is Paul Breaux Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paul Breaux Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Paul Breaux Middle School have?
Paul Breaux Middle School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paul Breaux Middle School?
At Paul Breaux Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Paul Breaux Middle School in?
Paul Breaux Middle School is part of Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.