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Enrollment
835
Middle
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009000044
Prairieville Middle School
16200 Hwy 930, Prairieville, LA 70769 · (225) 391-6300 · Ascension Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.2:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
326 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 288 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
74.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Prairieville Middle School
Prairieville Middle School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieville Middle School this school | 835 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Harry M. Hurst Middle School Destrehan | 685 | 41.3% | 48.7% |
| Little Oak Middle School Slidell | 847 | 41.4% | 52.2% |
| W. W. Lewis Middle School Sulphur | 757 | 44.9% | 46.8% |
| J.B. Martin Middle School Paradis | 733 | 40.5% | 46.0% |
| Fontainebleau Junior High School Mandeville | 784 | 32.4% | 55.8% |
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 Prairieville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #6 of 213 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #6 of 210 ▲ 2 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #5 of 213 no change | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #118 of 197 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #11 of 220 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #125 of 195 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #112 of 195 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #202 of 214 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #114 of 162 | #4 of 6 |
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
835
+159 (+24%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 784
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 835 | 58.8 | 14.2:1 | 39% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 57 | 13.3:1 | 35% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 770 | 45.8 | 16.8:1 | 34% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 26% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 955 | 52.5 | 18.2:1 | 25% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 907 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 28% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 24% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 23% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 45 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairieville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (955 to 835); teachers up 12% (52.5 to 58.8).
About Prairieville Middle School
Prairieville Middle School is a large middle-grades school located in Prairieville, Louisiana. It serves 835 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students.
Ascension Parish counts 32 schools and 23,743 students, including Prairieville Middle School.
At Prairieville Middle School, White students make up 67% of the student body. The next largest groups are 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 64% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Prairieville Middle School is 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.2:1. This ratio sits 26.8 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 39%. That is 13 points below the 52% average for public schools in Ascension Parish.
The allk12 Grade for Prairieville Middle School is A+. Compared with Louisiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Prairieville Middle School would be expected to post about 56.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Ascension Parish show that the median household income is $91,549, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Prairieville Middle School is one of 32 public schools in the county.
Prairieville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Prairieville Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Prairieville Middle School is ahead of the 61.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The federal government classifies Prairieville Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 24% from 2020-21, when Prairieville Middle School had 676 students, to 2024-25, when it had 835. The ratio was 17.8:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Ascension Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,314
Census ACS
Median income
$91,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
23,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascension Parish
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,096 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
Other schools in Prairieville
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Galvez Primary SchoolElementary · 783 students
- Oak Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 725 students
- Bluff Ridge PrimaryElementary · 677 students
- Bluff Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Prairieville High School1.2 mi · 1,377
- Prairieville Primary School1.5 mi · 865
- Sugar Mill Primary1.6 mi · 644
- Oak Grove Primary School1.8 mi · 725
- Bullion Primary School2.0 mi · 586
- Bluff Middle School2.6 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Prairieville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Prairieville Middle School?
Prairieville Middle School enrolls approximately 835 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Prairieville Middle School serve?
Prairieville Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Prairieville Middle School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Prairieville Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairieville Middle School?
At Prairieville Middle School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairieville Middle School?
Prairieville Middle School is overseen by Ascension Parish in Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.