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What's one thing Youngsville Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000695
Youngsville Middle School
600 Church Street, Youngsville, LA 70592 · (337) 521-7940 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
20.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
225 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 171 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
51.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Youngsville Middle School
Youngsville Middle School's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngsville Middle School this school | 534 | 42.1% | 47.2% |
| Harry M. Hurst Middle School Destrehan | 685 | 41.3% | 48.7% |
| North DeSoto Middle School 6-8 Stonewall | 605 | 40.7% | 57.8% |
| Dutchtown Middle School Geismar | 605 | 39.0% | 61.5% |
| West Feliciana Middle School St. Francisville | 506 | 41.7% | 44.5% |
| J.B. Martin Middle School Paradis | 733 | 40.5% | 46.0% |
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 Youngsville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #40 of 213 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #28 of 210 ▲ 10 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #37 of 213 ▲ 3 | #3 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #86 of 197 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #75 of 220 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #194 of 195 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #87 of 195 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #190 of 214 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #9 of 162 | #2 of 7 |
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
534
-176 (-25%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 534 | 26.3 | 20.3:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 35.4 | 19.3:1 | 44% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 32.9 | 19.6:1 | 49% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 710 | 33 | 21.5:1 | 60% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 40 | 22.2:1 | 41% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | N/A | N/A | 44% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 39% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 32% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 21 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Youngsville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (888 to 534); teachers down 34% (40 to 26.3).
About Youngsville Middle School
At 600 Church Street in Youngsville, Louisiana, Youngsville Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle school. It enrolls 534 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That is 21% larger than the average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
Youngsville Middle School is one of the 44 schools that make up Lafayette Parish (29,396 students in total).
The share of White students at Youngsville Middle School is 61%, a majority. It is also 25% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Lafayette Parish at about 63% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Youngsville Middle School has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 20.7 students per teacher. At Youngsville Middle School, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 17 points below the 59% average for public schools in Lafayette Parish.
Youngsville Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Louisiana public middle schools.
The model predicts 54.0% for a school in Louisiana with Youngsville Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Youngsville Middle School posts 47.2%.
Census data for Lafayette Parish show median household income comes to about $67,451, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 50 public schools in the county, enrolling about 35,903, Youngsville Middle School among them.
Green T. Lindon Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Youngsville Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 47.2% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
A 25% decline took enrollment from 710 in 2020-21 to 534 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.3:1) than in 2020-21 (21.5:1).
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Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Youngsville
- Acadiana Renaissance Charter AcademyCombined · 3,669 students
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Green T. Lindon Elementary SchoolElementary · 719 students
- Ernest Gallet Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Nearby schools
- Green T. Lindon Elementary School0.3 mi · 719
- Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy0.6 mi · 3,669
- Ernest Gallet Elementary School1.3 mi · 643
- Southside High School1.6 mi · 1,833
- Broussard Middle School2.6 mi · 465
- Martial Billeaud Elementary School2.8 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Youngsville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Youngsville Middle School?
Youngsville Middle School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Youngsville Middle School serve?
Youngsville Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Youngsville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Youngsville Middle School is approximately 20.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Youngsville Middle School?
At Youngsville Middle School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 6% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Youngsville Middle School public or private?
Youngsville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.