Enrollment
191
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000271
Vinton Middle School
900 Horridge Street, Vinton, LA 70668 · (337) 217-4720 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- C-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
9.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
123 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 68 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
37.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Vinton Middle School
Vinton Middle School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinton Middle School this school | 191 | 64.4% | 27.8% |
| Bayou Lacombe Middle Lacombe | 209 | 62.7% | 38.2% |
| Mangham Junior High School Mangham | 216 | 63.0% | 29.8% |
| William Pitcher Junior High School Covington | 266 | 60.9% | 28.2% |
| Berwick Junior High School Berwick | 325 | 59.4% | 37.7% |
| Lacache Middle School Bourg | 225 | 71.1% | 43.2% |
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 Vinton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #122 of 213 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #123 of 210 ▼ 24 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #127 of 213 ▼ 22 | #9 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #72 of 197 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #200 of 220 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #129 of 214 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #82 of 162 | #4 of 10 |
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
191
-47 (-20%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 191 | 21.1 | 9.0:1 | 64% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 21 | 9.4:1 | 67% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 16.2 | 13.2:1 | 68% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 96% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 15.8 | 14.7:1 | 41% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | N/A | N/A | 47% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 68% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 54% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 15 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vinton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (231 to 191); teachers up 34% (15.8 to 21.1).
About Vinton Middle School
Vinton Middle School sits in Vinton, Louisiana, and is classified as a middle school. It reports enrollment of 191 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools with a combined 27,851 students. Vinton Middle School is one of them.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Vinton Middle School. The remaining shares are 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Calcasieu Parish, where about 66% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
On staff are 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. Middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1, 32.0 more students per teacher than here. Vinton Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 64%.
Vinton Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Louisiana public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Vinton Middle School is -10.1 points: 27.8% actual, 38.0% predicted.
For the population of Calcasieu Parish, the median household earns about $67,564 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Vinton Middle School shares Calcasieu Parish with 60 other public schools.
Vinton Elementary School is the nearest public school to Vinton Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Vinton Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Vinton Middle School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 191, down from 238 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.9:1 to 9.0:1.
On allk12, people connected to Vinton Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in Vinton
- Vinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Vinton High SchoolHigh · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Vinton Elementary School0.3 mi · 374
- Vinton High School1.2 mi · 242
- Starks High School9.5 mi · 284
- Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School10.7 mi · 1,001
- M B North E C Lrn Center11.0 mi · 308
- Little Cypress Elementary School11.1 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About Vinton Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vinton Middle School?
Vinton Middle School enrolls approximately 191 students in grades 06-08.
Is Vinton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vinton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vinton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vinton Middle School is approximately 9.0:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vinton Middle School?
Student demographics at Vinton Middle School are roughly 64% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Vinton Middle School in?
Vinton Middle School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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