📍 236 Church Hill St., Sunset, St. Landry Parish, 70584
Sunset Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sunset, St. Landry Parish. The school has 407 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Landry Parish school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.6:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunset Middle School enrolls 407 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Black or African American, 31% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 222 | 55% |
| White | 127 | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 407 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sunset 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-60, state senate district 24, state house district 40.
Sunset Middle School is one of 35 schools in St. Landry Parish, based in Opelousas, Louisiana. The district serves 10,982 students district-wide and employs 753 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 407 students, Sunset Middle School is larger than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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