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Enrollment
563
Middle
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000614
T.H. Harris Middle School
911 Elise Avenue, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 733-0867 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test 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.
- 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
13.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
376 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 186 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 35% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
13.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% 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 T.H. Harris Middle School
T.H. Harris Middle School's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T.H. Harris Middle School this school | 563 | 66.8% | 17.2% |
| Morgan City Junior High School Morgan City | 412 | 67.2% | 20.0% |
| Livaudais Middle School Terrytown | 743 | 58.3% | 14.3% |
| L.H. Marrero Middle School Marrero | 619 | 70.0% | 22.3% |
| J.D. Meisler Middle School Metairie | 679 | 51.4% | 19.3% |
| Andrew Jackson Middle School Chalmette | 546 | 67.8% | 31.3% |
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 T.H. Harris Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #175 of 213 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #180 of 210 ▲ 2 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #171 of 213 no change | #5 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #51 of 197 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #66 of 220 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #117 of 195 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #78 of 195 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #123 of 214 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #108 of 162 | 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
563
-224 (-28%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 822
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 30.3:1
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 | 563 | 40.4 | 13.9:1 | 67% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 39.5 | 16.8:1 | 57% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 24.4 | 29.0:1 | 61% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 26 | 30.3:1 | 87% (685) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 25 | 26.1:1 | 66% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 76% (524) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 73% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 43% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 822 | 49 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T.H. Harris Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (653 to 563); teachers up 61% (25 to 40.4).
About T.H. Harris Middle School
The public middle school T.H. Harris Middle School is located in Metairie, Louisiana. The school's 563 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students each.
District-wide, Jefferson Parish has 74 schools and 46,790 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at T.H. Harris Middle School, with 56% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 28% Black and 14% White. Among all residents of Jefferson Parish, the Hispanic share is about 19%. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 13.9 students per teacher and 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish.
T.H. Harris Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
T.H. Harris Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.3%. The school's actual rate is 17.2%, 19.1 points lower.
Jefferson Parish has about 430,920 residents, and the median household income is $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides T.H. Harris Middle School, Jefferson Parish has 85 other public schools.
The closest public school, Rudolph Matas School, is less than a tenth of a mile from T.H. Harris Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, T.H. Harris Middle School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment has fallen by 224 students since 2020-21, to 563. By 2024-25, the school had 13.9 students per teacher, compared with 30.3 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at T.H. Harris Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jefferson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
430,920
Census ACS
Median income
$65,252
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
47,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Parish
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Other schools in Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Rudolph Matas School0.1 mi · 600
- Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies0.6 mi · 434
- Bridgedale Elementary School0.7 mi · 491
- Phoebe Hearst School0.9 mi · 602
- East Jefferson High School1.1 mi · 1,381
- Green Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About T.H. Harris Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at T.H. Harris Middle School?
T.H. Harris Middle School enrolls approximately 563 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does T.H. Harris Middle School serve?
T.H. Harris Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does T.H. Harris Middle School have?
T.H. Harris Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is T.H. Harris Middle School?
T.H. Harris Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 56% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees T.H. Harris Middle School?
T.H. Harris Middle School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.