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
151	Impact Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4815 Lavey Ln.	Baker	70714	East Baton Rouge Parish	Impact Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(225) 308-9565	429	31	13.7	91.8%	2 (0.5%)	401 (93.5%)	26 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,862							66.9	65.1	160	9		220019002386
152	Boyet Junior High School	Public	7-8	59295 Rebel Drive	Slidell	70461	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 643-3775	644	43	15	39.8%	359 (55.7%)	130 (20.2%)	107 (16.6%)	15 (2.3%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.3%)	$14,856							66.6	68.4	141	11		220165001268
153	Raceland Middle School	Public	6-8	3737 Hwy 308	Raceland	70394	Lafourche Parish	Lafourche Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 537-5140	289	20	14.7	75.8%	151 (52.2%)	100 (34.6%)	16 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.5%)	$12,663							65.7	58.6	194	41		220090000716
154	St. James High School	Public	7-12	22187 Hwy 20	Vacherie	70090	St. James Parish	St. James Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 258-4900	593	52	11.3	71.5%	133 (22.4%)	438 (73.9%)	17 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	$22,892							65.5	68	145	9		220150001167
155	Forest Hill Junior High School	Public	PK, KG-8	15 Hwy 497 Forest Hill	Forest Hill	71430	Rapides Parish	Rapides Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 748-6844	496	40	12.4	86.9%	178 (35.9%)	6 (1.2%)	294 (59.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.2%)	$16,320							65.5	73.7	116	39		220129001712
156	Neville Junior High School	Public	7-8	1600 North 19th Street	Monroe	71201	Ouachita Parish	City of Monroe School District	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 323-1143	474	39	12.2	66.2%	137 (28.9%)	304 (64.1%)	10 (2.1%)	13 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$16,587							65.4	54.2	214	58		220108000796
157	Vinton Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Horridge Street	Vinton	70668	Calcasieu Parish	Calcasieu Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 217-4720	191	21	9	64.4%	123 (64.4%)	33 (17.3%)	25 (13.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.2%)	$20,883							65.3	67.9	146	11		220033000271
158	Oak Grove High School	Public	6-12	501 West Main	Oak Grove	71263	West Carroll Parish	West Carroll Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 428-2308	500	26	19.3	73.2%	364 (72.8%)	105 (21.0%)	13 (2.6%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	$14,201							65.2	72.9	119	39		220195001472
159	Belfair Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-8	4451 Fairfields Ave	Baton Rouge	70802	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 356-6191	274	25	10.7	67.9%	2 (0.7%)	248 (90.5%)	18 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$22,230							64.9	72.4	122	37		220054000350
160	North Iberville High School	Public	7-12	13770 Louisiana Highway 77	Rosedale	70772	Iberville Parish	Iberville Parish	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(225) 238-0260	181	39	4.6	77.9%	58 (32.0%)	115 (63.5%)	3 (1.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	$38,535							64.7	53.7	218	58		220075010416

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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.