Plaisance Middle School

Plaisance Middle School is a close-knit 6-8 campus in Opelousas, Louisiana, overseen by St. Landry Parish. The school caters to 176 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 60% below typical.

St. Landry Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 10,982 students. Plaisance Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Plaisance Middle School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Landry Parish as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Plaisance Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 25.0%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Landry Parish indicate median household income runs about $44,462, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Plaisance Middle School is one of 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students).

The closest other public school is Northwest High School, roughly 4.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Plaisance Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Plaisance Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plaisance Middle School has contracted 14%, going from 205 students in 2018 to 176 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.