Scott Middle School

Located in Scott, Louisiana, Scott Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment totals 629 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 440.

Lafayette Parish counts 29,396 students in its 44 schools, and Scott Middle School is one of them.

No group is above 50% at Scott Middle School; the largest is White, at 41%. After that, the student body is 33% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Lafayette Parish, the White share is about 63%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.

Staffing at Scott Middle School comes to 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.3:1. Middle schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 41.0:1. On the income side, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Scott Middle School would be expected to post about 38.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.3%.

In Lafayette Parish, where the school is located, the median household earns about $67,451 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Scott Middle School, Lafayette Parish has 50 public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Scott Middle School is closest to L. Leo Judice Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.1%; Scott Middle School's is 28.3%, ranking 3rd of 5.

The federal government classifies Scott Middle School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 629, from 532 in 2020-21. The ratio was 20.5:1 in 2020-21 and 19.3:1 in 2024-25.

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