📍 1400 South Orange Street, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, 70501
Paul Breaux Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 680 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Parish school district. It serves grades 5–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Paul Breaux Middle School enrolls 680 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Black or African American, 29% White and 4.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 402 | 59% |
| White | 197 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 19 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
460 of the school's 680 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 435 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Paul Breaux Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-60, state senate district 24, state house district 44.
Paul Breaux Middle School is one of 45 schools in Lafayette Parish, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 29,396 students district-wide and employs 1,764 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 680 students, Paul Breaux Middle School is close to the district average of about 653 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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