Port Barre Middle School

As a modestly sized middle-grades school in Port Barre, Louisiana, Port Barre Middle School serves 286 students from grades 5 through 8, operated by St. Landry Parish. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 35% leaner than typical.

Across the 32 schools in St. Landry Parish (10,982 students total), Port Barre Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Port Barre Middle School shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 27% Black. By comparison, St. Landry Parish as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Port Barre Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Port Barre Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -8.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Landry Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $44,462 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across St. Landry Parish's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), Port Barre Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Port Barre High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Port Barre Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Port Barre Middle School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

Port Barre Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Port Barre Middle School has declined 12%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 36% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Port Barre Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.