Summary:
In zip code 70364, there is one middle school, Bayou Blue Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 in Houma, Louisiana, with a total enrollment of 396 students. This school is part of the highly regarded Lafourche Parish school district, which ranks in the top 15% of all districts in Louisiana and holds a 4-star rating. Bayou Blue Middle School itself has maintained a consistent 4-star rating for three consecutive years, indicating stable, high-quality performance.
Academically, Bayou Blue Middle School stands out for its strong performance in core subjects, significantly exceeding state averages. In the 2025-2026 school year, the school achieved an 80% proficiency rate in Mathematics and an 81% proficiency rate in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 62% and 70%, respectively. The school also showed notable year-over-year improvement in Math, with an 8-percentage point gain from the previous year. However, Social Studies is a relative weakness, with a 61% proficiency rate that falls below the district average of 64%, particularly in 6th grade where only 43% of students are proficient. The school’s strongest performance is in 8th grade, where students achieved an 85% proficiency rate in Mathematics and a 79% proficiency rate in Social Studies, both well above district and state averages.
A key area of concern is the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.7%, which is significantly higher than both the district (24.6%) and state (22.5%) averages. This creates an interesting paradox, as the school achieves strong academic results despite nearly one in three students being chronically absent. The school has an excellent 0% dropout rate and a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. With 55.81% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a moderately economically disadvantaged population while still delivering above-average academic outcomes, suggesting effective instructional practices that could be further enhanced by addressing absenteeism.
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