Middle · Louisiana
N.S.U. Middle Lab School
N.S.U. Middle Lab School, a public middle school in Natchitoches, Louisiana: grades 6–8, 178 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Natchitoches Parish.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 178
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.2
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 53% of middle schools in Louisiana
Median 13.3 · 219 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 91% of middle schools in Louisiana
Median 391 · 221 schools compared
Smaller than 88% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Louisiana: 43%73%proficient
−4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Louisiana
Median 40% · 221 middle schools compared
178 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Louisiana: 33%73%proficient
+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 99% of middle schools in Louisiana
Median 26% · 221 middle schools compared
158 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote town
- Run by
- Natchitoches Parish
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Natchitoches Parish.
Location
- Address
- 100 Tarlton Drive TEC Building POD A, Natchitoches, LA 71497
- Phone
- (318)357-4509
- City or town
- Natchitoches
- County
- Natchitoches Parish
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–6 | 383 | 13.4 | 34% | 22% |
Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 371 | 11.8 | 28% | 21% |
Red River Academic AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all | 3–8 | 76 | 12.2 | 5.0% | 8.0% |
Red River Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 213 | 8.5 | 26% | 17% |
Many Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 361 | 13.1 | 36% | 26% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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