B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School, Baldwin LA

Original Research by School Decision on B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School

B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School serves grades six through eight in Baldwin, a small, low-income town in St. Mary Parish. The school is a regular public school within the St. Mary Parish school district. It is not a charter school, and no magnet or Title I status was reported in the available data.

The student body is small and predominantly African American. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available.

On state assessments administered through Louisiana’s LEAP 2025 program, student proficiency rates were modest. In English language arts, about two in five students scored at the proficient level or above. In math, roughly one in five students reached that threshold. Science and social studies rates were similarly in the low to mid-twenties. Participation on test day was complete. Because only one year of assessment data was available, it was not possible to measure trend direction.

The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects, placed it in the bottom quartile among districts in St. Mary Parish. No data on chronic absenteeism was reported in the available records. No data on graduation rates was applicable, as middle schools do not serve graduating seniors.

The district brief did not identify any recent major changes, initiatives, or shifts affecting St. Mary Parish schools. A parent may want to ask the school or district directly about any current improvement plans, staffing levels, or course offerings for middle schoolers.

Baldwin itself is a small town shaped by its rural setting and history in plantation agriculture. Its population has been declining for some time. Housing values are low, and the poverty rate is high. The town has a traditional center along Main Street, where the town hall sits, but civic and commercial activity is limited. The UMCOR Sager Brown relief supply campus is a notable institutional presence. The town is auto-dependent, with Louisiana highways serving as the main routes. Nearby Morgan City and New Iberia offer the nearest larger commercial and civic services. For a family considering this school, the community offers low-cost housing in a quiet, shrinking rural town, and the school’s academic results suggest that a family would want to discuss with school staff how the school supports students who are below the proficient bar.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-821%

School 21% · District 32% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-839%

School 39% · District 37% · ▲ 2 pts above district

even with state median · even with county median

Science

Grades 3-823%

School 23% · District 23%

even with state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grades 3-827%

School 27% · District 26% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolSt. Mary Parish, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grades 3-8Lower-income37%Higher-income60%23 pp gap