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Northwestern Middle School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
5200 East Central Avenue
Zachary, LA 70791
Phone
(225) 654-9201
District
Zachary Community School District
County
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
912
Classroom Teachers
49

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.5% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Northwestern Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
51%
36%
59%
43%
43%
28%
51%
36%
59%
43%
43%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
59%
36%
77%
47%
40%
25%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 446 48.9%
Grade 8 466 51.1%
Total 912 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 34.9% 36.3% 43.7%
Black 61.0% 59.0% 42.9%
Hispanic 3.1% 3.4% 11.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 1.2% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 56.3% 56.6% 62.4%
Free lunch eligible 48.6% 48.0% 58.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.7% 8.6% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,753 4,590,241
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 317.1 105
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 6.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.2% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.4% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.9% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,495 1,765,264
Single Parent Households With Children 13.8% 10.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.9% 86.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.1% 26.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.8% 13.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.4% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.8% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.9% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.2% 14.8%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 13.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,996 $40,948,000 57.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $542 $3,170,000 4.5%
Staff $413 $2,418,000 3.4%
General Administration $218 $1,276,000 1.8%
School Administration $549 $3,213,000 4.5%
Operation $1,183 $6,923,000 9.7%
Transportation $717 $4,198,000 5.9%
Other $399 $2,333,000 3.3%
Total Support $4,020 $23,531,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,135 $6,645,000 9.3%
Total Expenditures $12,152 $71,124,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,126 $5,116,487,000 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $561,266,000 5.5%
Staff $672 $482,832,000 4.7%
General Administration $324 $232,689,000 2.3%
School Administration $813 $583,995,000 5.7%
Operation $1,460 $1,048,151,000 10.2%
Transportation $649 $465,810,000 4.5%
Other $356 $255,444,000 2.5%
Total Support $5,056 $3,630,187,000 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,134 $1,532,450,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $14,316 $10,279,124,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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