The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in English language arts. The lowest is 40% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Albany Middle School
Albany Middle School serves students in grades five through eight in the small rural town of Albany, located in eastern Livingston Parish near the border of the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. The school is part of Livingston Parish Public Schools, a district that has seen enough enrollment growth to prompt a recent bond-funded construction program and a district-wide attendance zone redistricting effective for the 2024-2025 school year, both of which may affect which school a child attends in this area.
The school itself enrolls a student body that draws from the surrounding town and rural environs. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, reflecting the economic context of this crossroads community, where housing values sit near the state average and the town describes itself with a single traffic light and a close-knit character. The student population is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic and Black students. Because data on students with disabilities and English learners was not reported in the available records, a parent may want to ask the school directly about the availability and structure of special education services and English language support.
On state assessments, Albany Middle School turned in last academic year a mix of results. In English language arts, somewhat more than half of students scored at a proficient level, a figure that teacher teams and building leaders can point to as a relative area of strength compared with the school's own scores in other subjects. In math, about two in five students reached the proficient mark, a softer result that a family considering this school may want to explore further, especially to understand how the school addresses math instruction and whether targeted supports are available for students who need them. On science, half of students scored proficient, and on social studies, just under half did. All subjects had full participation in testing.
These numbers represent a single year of data, as prior-year results were not available for trend comparison. That means there is no way to tell from these records alone whether Albany Middle School is improving, holding steady, or slipping in any subject. A parent would be wise to ask the school for its own multi-year trend data and for any improvement plans it has in place.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It is one of four schools in the Albany cluster, which also includes an elementary school and a high school, so students in this community feed through the local system without busing far. The town's rural, low-density setting means that getting to and from school is essentially auto-dependent, consistent with most small-town Louisiana arrangements.
In the district at large, voters approved a substantial bond measure in 2022 for new construction and renovations, voters renewed an operations and maintenance property tax in 2024, and the district has expanded career and technical education pathways at the high school level. These investments and program additions speak to a district responding to growth, but they have not yet translated into publicly reported program offerings at the middle school level. The available data did not include information on course access, extracurriculars, or staffing ratios at Albany Middle School, so a family should confirm directly with the school what electives, clubs, and academic supports are available for middle-grade students.
Albany Middle School offers a straightforward academic pathway in a small-town setting where the community is tight and the district is actively building. The proficiency numbers, particularly in math, suggest a school where families will want to stay engaged with their child's academic progress and communicate with teachers about how the school is working to lift performance. For a family that values a local school in a rural, single-stoplight town, this school fits that description clearly. For a family seeking a school with strong tested outcomes across the board, the data here points to a more uneven picture worth investigating further with the school itself.
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