Best Middle Schools in Louisiana for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Louisiana!

Every year, the Louisiana Dept of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 168)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Folsom Junior High School	Public	6-8	83055 Hay Hollow Road	Folsom	70437	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 796-3724	209	20	10.4	50.2%	159 (76.1%)	30 (14.4%)	13 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	$19,330							99.4%	84.3%	15.06%			220165001280
2	David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy	Public, Magnet	6-12	805 Teurlings Drive	Lafayette	70501	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette Parish	No	Yes	No	Yes	(337) 262-5962	1,366	67	20.4	41.7%	732 (53.6%)	484 (35.4%)	59 (4.3%)	40 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (3.7%)	$9,498							98.8%	96.6%	2.17%			220087002301
3	Mandeville Junior High School	Public	7-8	639 Carondelet Street	Mandeville	70448	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 626-4428	542	47	11.6	23.8%	421 (77.7%)	37 (6.8%)	52 (9.6%)	14 (2.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.8%)	$16,327							98.2%	93.3%	4.93%			220165001567
4	Prairieville Middle School	Public	6-8	16200 Hwy 930	Prairieville	70769	Ascension Parish	Ascension Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 391-6300	759	57	13.3	34.5%	516 (68.0%)	127 (16.7%)	78 (10.3%)	17 (2.2%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.2%)	$13,487							97.6%	91.7%	5.90%			220009000044
5	Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1116 Jefferson Ave	New Orleans	70115	Orleans Parish	Orleans Parish	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 304-3932	734	57	12.8	98.8%	9 (1.2%)	696 (94.8%)	19 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	$35,631							97.0%	34.7%	62.35%			220117001938
6	Dutchtown Middle School	Public	6-8	13078 Hwy 73	Geismar	70734	Ascension Parish	Ascension Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 391-7800	601	44	13.8	36.1%	323 (53.7%)	156 (26.0%)	82 (13.6%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.7%)	$13,541							96.4%	95.3%	1.13%			220009000037
7	West Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	6977 Cypress Street	West Monroe	71291	Ouachita Parish	Ouachita Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 397-8444	700	46	15.1	45.4%	532 (76.0%)	69 (9.9%)	56 (8.0%)	22 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.9%)	$12,646							95.8%	92.6%	3.22%			220120001557
8	Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	600 Savoy Rd	Youngsville	70592	Lafayette Parish	Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(337) 374-1209	3,002	163	18.3	38.4%	2,236 (74.5%)	306 (10.2%)	181 (6.0%)	85 (2.8%)	12 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	182 (6.1%)	$9,752							95.2%	91.5%	3.74%			220023102392
9	Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	14185 Hwy 431	Saint Amant	70737	Ascension Parish	Ascension Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 391-6550	893	65	13.7	43.4%	772 (86.5%)	30 (3.4%)	48 (5.4%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.0%)	$13,046							94.6%	84.8%	9.86%			220009001863
10	Creekside Junior High	Public	6-8	65434 Highway 41	Pearl River	70452	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 863-5882	464	39	11.9	56.9%	339 (73.1%)	51 (11.0%)	47 (10.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	$14,667							94.0%	56.2%	37.90%			220165001591

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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.