📍 2389-A Hwy 1 South, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, 70346
Lowery Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish. The school has 295 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ascension Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lowery Middle School enrolls 295 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Black or African American, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 273 | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 4.1% |
| White | 7 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
255 of the school's 295 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 242 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lowery Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 2, state house district 58.
Lowery Middle School is one of 31 schools in Ascension Parish, based in Sorrento, Louisiana. The district serves 23,743 students district-wide and employs 1,558 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 295 students, Lowery Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 766 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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