Paul Breaux Middle School

Paul Breaux Middle School operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in Lafayette, Louisiana, part of Lafayette Parish. Current enrollment sits at 314 students spanning grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Paul Breaux Middle School sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in Lafayette Parish (29,396 students total), Paul Breaux Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Paul Breaux Middle School shows that nearly all students (90%) are Black; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Paul Breaux Middle School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lafayette Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Paul Breaux Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.7%, the actual is 21.8%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lafayette Parish indicate median household income runs about $67,451, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paul Breaux Middle School is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students).

The closest other public school is Edward J Sam Accelerated School of Lafayette, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paul Breaux Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 58%: 739 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 63% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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