Best Middle Schools in Louisiana

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 447)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
391	Ferriday Junior High School	Public	6-8	201 Martin Luther King	Ferriday	71334	Concordia Parish	Concordia Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 757-8695	241	25	9.6	94.2%	19 (7.9%)	215 (89.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$20,235							15.2	7.6	421	30		220048000318
392	Kentwood High Magnet School	Public	7-12	603 9th Street	Kentwood	70444	Tangipahoa Parish	Tangipahoa Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 229-2881	259	30	8.5	92.3%	7 (2.7%)	244 (94.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$13,692							15.1	11.2	410	18		220168001310
393	Noble Minds	Public, Charter	K-8	1333 S. Carrollton Avenue	New Orleans	70114	Orleans Parish	Noble Minds	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 919-0451	153	9	17	90.2%	8 (5.2%)	128 (83.7%)	16 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,492							15	24.8	351	42		220027802436
394	L.H. Marrero Middle School	Public	6-8	4100 Seventh Street	Marrero	70072	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 341-5842	619	39	15.8	70.0%	81 (13.1%)	245 (39.6%)	252 (40.7%)	28 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$14,296							14.7	26	342	52		220084000632
395	Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed	Public, Charter	6-8	5316 Michoud Blvd	New Orleans	70129	Orleans Parish	Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 503-0470	267	18	14.8	93.3%	1 (0.4%)	131 (49.1%)	109 (40.8%)	24 (9.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$17,877							14.7	19.7	378	17		220028002430
396	Lafayette Middle School	Public	6-8	1301 West University Avenue	Lafayette	70506	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 521-7900	351	24	14.9	83.8%	40 (11.4%)	243 (69.2%)	52 (14.8%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$18,033							14.7	25.6	345	51		220087000677
397	C.F. Rowley Alternative School	Public	6-12	49 Madison Avenue	Chalmette	70043	St. Bernard Parish	St. Bernard Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 301-4001	103	16	6.3	77.7%	28 (27.2%)	59 (57.3%)	11 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	$19,264							14.6	2.1	446	49		220141000816
398	Independence High Magnet	Public	7-12	270 Tiger Avenue	Independence	70443	Tangipahoa Parish	Tangipahoa Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 878-9436	490	43	11.4	83.3%	105 (21.4%)	265 (54.1%)	104 (21.2%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	$18,285							13.6	4.3	436	38		220168001307
399	The MAX Charter School	Public, Charter	1-8	100 Afton Drive	Thibodaux	70310	Lafourche Parish	The MAX Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(985) 227-9500	100	11	9	67.0%	75 (75.0%)	15 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.0%)	$15,852							13.2	0.3	449	50		220012602058
400	Alexandria Middle Magnet School	Public	6-8	122 Maryland Avenue	Alexandria	71301	Rapides Parish	Rapides Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 445-5343	469	33	14.1	95.1%	21 (4.5%)	432 (92.1%)	9 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$13,491							13.1	18.8	380	20		220129001039

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on LEAP Mathematics, LEAP English Language Arts test scores released by the Louisiana Dept of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 3, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Louisiana Dept of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Louisiana Dept of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.