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Enrollment
826
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000432
Southeast Middle School
15000 Harrells Ferry, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 · (225) 753-5930 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL826 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Louisiana public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.5:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
621 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 238 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 286 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 302 | 37% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
21.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 21.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 10.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Southeast Middle School
Southeast Middle School's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Middle School this school | 826 | 75.2% | 13.7% |
| Woodlawn Middle School Baton Rouge | 807 | 67.8% | 30.0% |
| Westdale Middle School Baton Rouge | 538 | 71.7% | 23.0% |
| Park Forest Middle School Baton Rouge | 445 | 74.4% | 9.3% |
| L.H. Marrero Middle School Marrero | 619 | 70.0% | 22.3% |
| Carencro Middle School Carencro | 585 | 77.6% | 20.7% |
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 Southeast Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #194 of 213 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #188 of 210 ▼ 3 | #9 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #191 of 213 ▼ 1 | #10 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #45 of 197 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 826 | #12 of 220 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #68 of 195 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #94 of 195 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #85 of 214 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.2% | #8 of 40 | N/A |
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
826
-94 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 826 | 66.2 | 12.5:1 | 75% (621) |
| 2023-24 | 983 | 67.8 | 14.5:1 | 65% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 994 | 55.3 | 18.0:1 | 77% (768) |
| 2020-21 | 920 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 54% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 79% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | N/A | N/A | 59% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 929 | 66 | 14.1:1 | 89% (831) |
| 2000-01 | 934 | 54 | 17.3:1 | 40% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 842 | 45 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (705 to 826); teachers up 54% (43 to 66.2).
About Southeast Middle School
Among the schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is Southeast Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 826 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Louisiana is roughly 440 students; this school is 88% bigger than that.
East Baton Rouge Parish (83 schools, 40,083 students) runs Southeast Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, Southeast Middle School is 61% Black. Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 44% Black among all East Baton Rouge Parish residents. By the diversity index, Southeast Middle School comes in at 55%.
Teachers at Southeast Middle School total 66.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.5:1. For comparison, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 75%.
The allk12 Grade for Southeast Middle School is F. Compared with Louisiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Southeast Middle School is -16.5 points, in the bottom 10% of Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.7%, and the predicted rate is 30.2%.
Across East Baton Rouge Parish, median household income is about $63,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The public schools of East Baton Rouge Parish number 132 and enroll about 66,892.
The nearest public school is Wedgewood Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Southeast Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Southeast Middle School is City: Mid-size.
Southeast Middle School had 920 students in 2020-21 and 826 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.0:1 in 2020-21, and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
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Other Southeast Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Southeast Middle. Southeast Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Southeast Middle SchoolIowa City, IA · 1,269 students
- Southeast MiddleSouth Gate, CA · 1,215 students
- Southeast MiddleKernersville, NC · 733 students
- Southeast MiddleSalisbury, NC · 628 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 596 students
Nearby schools
- Wedgewood Elementary School0.6 mi · 456
- Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery1.6 mi · 316
- Riveroaks Elementary School1.7 mi · 492
- Twin Oaks Elementary School1.9 mi · 417
- Parkview Elementary School2.5 mi · 499
- Woodlawn Middle School2.6 mi · 807
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Middle SchoolHow many students attend Southeast Middle School?
Southeast Middle School enrolls approximately 826 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Southeast Middle School serve?
Southeast Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Southeast Middle School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Southeast Middle School.
How diverse is Southeast Middle School?
Southeast Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 29% Hispanic, 61% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeast Middle School?
Southeast Middle School is overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.