Middle · Louisiana

Patterson Junior High School

Free meals for all

Patterson Junior High School, a public middle school in Patterson, Louisiana: grades 5–8, 374 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of St. Mary 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
374
Teachers (FTE)
23.7
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
5–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 13.3 · 219 schools compared

More students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 52% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 391 · 221 schools compared

Smaller than 67% 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%

41%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 52% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 40% · 221 middle schools compared

346 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

37%proficient

−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 70% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 26% · 221 middle schools compared

321 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 5–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with St. Mary Parish.

Location

Address
225 Catherine Street, Patterson, LA 70392
Phone
(985)395-6772
City or town
Patterson

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Berwick Junior High SchoolFree meals for all
6–832513.944%35%
6–841214.429%14%
Franklin Junior High SchoolFree meals for all
6–819614.919%12%
6–815011.939%21%
Labadieville Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–819112.523%11%
Napoleonville Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–828111.138%36%

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

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.

NCES 220162001255