Summary:
In zip code 70072, there is one middle school, L.H. Marrero Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 in Marrero, Louisiana, as part of the Jefferson Parish school district.
L.H. Marrero Middle School has a total enrollment of 619 students and has consistently received a 1-star rating from the state, ranking in the 20th percentile in the 2025-2026 school year. The school shows a mixed performance: its overall math proficiency is 44% and English Language Arts proficiency is 55%, both below district and state averages. However, the school demonstrates a notable strength in advanced coursework, with 100% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam achieving proficiency, dramatically outperforming the district (58%) and state (65%). A significant concern is the sharp decline in math proficiency as students progress, dropping from 53% in 6th grade to just 22% in 8th grade, which is less than half the state average of 52%.
On a positive note, the school has a lower chronic absenteeism rate (18.4%) than both the district (21.5%) and state (22.5%), and its dropout rate (3.7%) is below the district average (5.9%). The school serves a high-poverty population, with nearly 70% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 15.8 to 1. Encouragingly, the school showed year-over-year improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with math proficiency rising from 37% to 44% and ELA from 50% to 55%, suggesting recent interventions may be starting to take effect.
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