Enrollment
299
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARTIN PARISH·NCES 220159001227
St. Martinville Junior High School
7190 Main Hwy., St. Martinville, LA 70582 · (337) 909-3150 · St. Martin Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Louisiana public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
11.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
265 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 103 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
30.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 St. Martinville Junior High School
St. Martinville Junior High School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martinville Junior High School this school | 299 | 88.6% | 21.0% |
| Parks Middle School St. Martinville | 245 | 84.5% | 31.3% |
| Eunice Junior High School Eunice | 276 | 84.4% | 29.3% |
| Breaux Bridge Junior High School Breaux Bridge | 351 | 88.0% | 20.8% |
| Pineville Elementary School Pineville | 252 | 94.0% | 19.5% |
| Central Middle School Eunice | 251 | 86.1% | 29.5% |
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 St. Martinville Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #157 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #157 of 210 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #160 of 213 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #77 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #157 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #52 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #102 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #29 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.4% | #20 of 162 |
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
299
-105 (-26%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 299 | 25.5 | 11.8:1 | 89% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 27.7 | 11.5:1 | 79% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 20.5 | 18.8:1 | 75% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 61% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 28.9 | 15.5:1 | 82% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 70% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 89% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 79% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Martinville Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (449 to 299); teachers down 12% (28.9 to 25.5).
About St. Martinville Junior High School
St. Martinville Junior High School operates as a low-enrollment middle school in St. Martinville, Louisiana. It reports enrollment of 299 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Louisiana enroll around 440, and this school is 32% below that mark.
Federal data list 15 schools in St. Martin Parish, with 6,680 students enrolled.
About 59% of the student body at St. Martinville Junior High School is Black. Other groups make up 33% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 29% of St. Martin Parish residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
On staff are 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 41.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 89% of the student body.
St. Martinville Junior High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Louisiana public middle schools.
St. Martinville Junior High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.0% and a predicted 20.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Martin Parish show that the median household earns about $55,960 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. St. Martin Parish counts 16 public schools with about 6,696 students.
A public school about 1.7 miles away, St. Martin Early STEAM Academy, is the closest to St. Martinville Junior High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 29.5% proficiency; St. Martinville Junior High School posts 21.0%.
Federal data place St. Martinville Junior High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 26%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
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St. Martin Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,353
Census ACS
Median income
$55,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Martin Parish
- Cecilia High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Breaux Bridge High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Cecilia Primary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Cecilia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Teche Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolHigh · 521 students
Other schools in St. Martinville
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- St. Martin STEAM AcademyElementary · 478 students
- Parks Primary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- St. Martin Early STEAM AcademyElementary · 295 students
- Parks Middle SchoolMiddle · 245 students
Nearby schools
- St. Martin Early STEAM Academy1.7 mi · 295
- St. Martin STEAM Academy2.8 mi · 478
- St. Martinville Senior High School3.0 mi · 521
- Central Southwest Alternative- St. Martinville3.1 mi · 16
- Coteau Elementary School5.1 mi · 353
- Daspit Road Elementary School5.1 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martinville Junior High SchoolHow large is St. Martinville Junior High School?
St. Martinville Junior High School enrolls approximately 299 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does St. Martinville Junior High School serve?
St. Martinville Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Martinville Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Martinville Junior High School is approximately 11.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at St. Martinville Junior High School?
Student demographics at St. Martinville Junior High School are roughly 33% White, 2% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is St. Martinville Junior High School in?
St. Martinville Junior High School is part of St. Martin Parish.
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