Vinton Middle School

Set in Vinton, Louisiana, Vinton Middle School is a modestly sized junior high, overseen by Calcasieu Parish. It caters to 191 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Calcasieu Parish comprises 56 schools with combined enrollment of 27,851 students; Vinton Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vinton Middle School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Calcasieu Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vinton Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 25.3%, a residual of -12.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vinton Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

Vinton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Vinton Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vinton Middle School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 231 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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