Enrollment
289
Middle
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFOURCHE PARISH·NCES 220090000716
Raceland Middle School
3737 Hwy 308, Raceland, LA 70394 · (985) 537-5140 · Lafourche Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Louisiana public middle schools
- BTest 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.
- A+Three-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
14.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
219 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 108 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 32% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
45.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +20.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 20 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Raceland Middle School
Raceland Middle School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raceland Middle School this school | 289 | 75.8% | 33.7% |
| North Webster Junior High School Sarepta | 320 | 77.2% | 24.5% |
| Franklinton Junior High School Franklinton | 312 | 74.7% | 32.8% |
| Jewel M. Sumner Middle School Kentwood | 306 | 79.4% | 24.2% |
| Oakdale Middle School Oakdale | 340 | 75.6% | 23.0% |
| Franklinton Elementary School Franklinton | 389 | 73.5% | 24.8% |
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 Raceland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafourche Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #90 of 213 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #94 of 210 ▼ 13 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #83 of 213 ▼ 13 | #6 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #4 of 197 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #161 of 220 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #140 of 195 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #64 of 195 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #80 of 214 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #123 of 162 | #5 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
289
-37 (-11%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 289 | 19.6 | 14.7:1 | 76% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 21.3 | 14.9:1 | 77% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 17.6 | 17.1:1 | 72% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 53% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 20.5 | 15.8:1 | 76% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 44 | 7.6:1 | 80% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 33 | 10.3:1 | 76% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 55% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 43 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raceland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (325 to 289); teachers down 4% (20.5 to 19.6).
About Raceland Middle School
Raceland Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school located in Raceland, Louisiana. The school counts 289 students across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students.
Across its 30 schools, Lafourche Parish enrolls 13,326 students. Raceland Middle School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Raceland Middle School, at 52%. Other students are 35% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That is lower than the 75% White share among all Lafourche Parish residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Raceland Middle School is 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.7:1. This ratio sits 26.3 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 76%. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Lafourche Parish.
Raceland Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Raceland Middle School would score about 29.8%. It scores 33.7%, 3.9 points above that figure.
Among Lafourche Parish residents, the median household income is $63,135, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Raceland Middle School is one of 32 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Raceland Upper Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Raceland Middle School ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.7% against a local average of 50.1%.
Raceland Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 326. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Raceland Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lafourche Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,252
Census ACS
Median income
$63,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
13,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafourche Parish
- Central Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 1,307 students
- Thibodaux High SchoolHigh · 1,306 students
- South Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Thibodaux Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Thibodaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other schools in Raceland
- Central Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 1,307 students
- Raceland Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Raceland Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Raceland Upper Elementary School0.1 mi · 302
- Raceland Lower Elementary School0.1 mi · 330
- Central Lafourche High School4.3 mi · 1,307
- St. Charles Elementary School6.9 mi · 253
- Bayou Blue Middle School7.6 mi · 396
- Bayou Blue Elementary School7.6 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Raceland Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Raceland Middle School?
Raceland Middle School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Raceland Middle School serve?
Raceland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Raceland Middle School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Raceland Middle School.
How diverse is Raceland Middle School?
Raceland Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 6% Hispanic, 35% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Raceland Middle School in?
Raceland Middle School is part of Lafourche Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.