Springfield Middle School

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in Springfield, Louisiana, Springfield Middle School instructs 440 students from grades 5 through 8, one of the schools within Livingston Parish.

Livingston Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 27,209 students. Springfield Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Springfield Middle School records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 14% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Springfield Middle School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Springfield Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Livingston Parish shows median household earnings sit near $80,122, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Livingston Parish runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), of which Springfield Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Springfield Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Springfield Middle School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Springfield Middle School has increased 10%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 83% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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