St. Bernard Middle School

Located at 2601 Torres Drive, in St. Bernard, Louisiana, St. Bernard Middle School is a small intermediate school that works with 319 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by St. Bernard Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 440.

St. Bernard Parish runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,592 students. St. Bernard Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, St. Bernard Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 31% Black, 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, St. Bernard Parish as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting St. Bernard Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at St. Bernard Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, St. Bernard Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 30.0%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Bernard Parish put median household earnings sit near $58,651, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, St. Bernard Parish runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students), of which St. Bernard Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is J.F. Gauthier School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), St. Bernard Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.7%.

St. Bernard Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. St. Bernard Middle School's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 319). Over the same period, the White share fell from 57% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.