The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in English language arts. The lowest is 41% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on North Vermilion Middle School
North Vermilion Middle School is a regular public school serving grades six through eight in the town of Maurice, part of the Vermilion Parish school system. The school’s enrollment is large for a middle school, and the student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a mixed-income context.
The school shows a meaningful strength in English language arts on the Louisiana LEAP 2025 assessments, where the share of students reaching the proficient level or above is clearly above the share scoring at that level in math. Math results are more moderate, landing in a middle range. Science and social studies proficiency rates trail behind both ELA and math, with science the weaker of the four subjects. A parent considering this school may want to look into how the school supports science learning in the middle grades, as the gap between ELA and science proficiency is noticeable.
The school has only a single year of assessment data available through this profile, so there is no trend line to show whether performance is rising, falling, or holding steady. This means the snapshot is current but lacks a historical arc. The school achieved full participation on the state tests, which is a positive logistical indicator.
The broader community context matters for a family weighing this school. Maurice sits along a U.S. highway corridor, roughly a short drive northeast of Lafayette and ten miles north of Abbeville. The town has been growing rapidly, with its population more than doubling over a recent stretch, reflecting suburban spillover from the Lafayette metro area. The built environment is highway-centric, with commercial activity oriented along the main road rather than a walkable downtown. The town’s civic anchor is a Catholic church built on land donated by the founder. Major employers are not present in town; residents likely commute to Lafayette for work. Housing values in Maurice’s ZIP code run above the statewide benchmark, suggesting the area has become a more desirable and relatively pricier suburb as it has grown.
The school district itself, Vermilion Parish, returned no parent-relevant changes in a recent search window, meaning there were no major rezoning, leadership turnover, or programmatic shifts publicly reported in the last several years. For a parent, that stability can be read as neutral, but it also means the district has not been especially active in communicating changes publicly.
No data was available for chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing ratios, course access, or special education and English learner counts. A parent with a student who needs specific supports should verify those directly with the school, as this profile cannot characterize that side of the experience. The school is not a charter or magnet, and its Title I status was not provided.
North Vermilion Middle School sits in a county where the number of districts is small, making a direct comparative positioning among districts less informative. The school’s strengths in ELA and its large, still-growing community context are the primary features a family would weigh. The math and science results are areas where the school does not match its ELA performance, and the absence of multi-year data means there is no way to tell if those results represent a recent dip or a longer pattern. Families moving into the fast-growing Maurice area will find a middle school with a clear academic profile and a community that is suburbanizing rapidly.
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