The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in English language arts. The lowest is 42% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Brusly Middle School
Brusly Middle School serves students in sixth through eighth grade and is part of the West Baton Rouge Parish school district. The school sits along North Vaughan Drive in Brusly, a small town that is largely a bedroom community for Baton Rouge. The town itself is low-density and car-dependent, with schools and civic buildings spread along the Vaughan Drive corridor rather than clustered in a downtown. The wider parish is in the middle of a period of facility changes: voters approved a bond issue to build a new elementary school in Port Allen expected to open soon, and the district has been considering moving fifth-graders to the Brusly High School campus to relieve crowding at the elementary school, which has relied on portable buildings. These shifts mean that the grade configurations on the west side of the parish could change in the near future, something a family moving into the area may want to track.
The student body at Brusly Middle is split almost evenly between Black and White students, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and a very small number of Asian and multiracial students. A substantial share of students come from households with low enough income to qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That share is high enough that a parent should expect the school to serve a community with significant economic diversity and, for many families, real financial pressures. Data on students with disabilities and students classified as English learners was not available in the records reviewed, so a parent with a child who receives special education services or is learning English would want to ask the school directly about those programs and staffing levels.
On the Louisiana LEAP 2025 assessments, the school's results are a mixed picture. In English language arts, more than half of students scored at the proficient level or above. In social studies, roughly the same share did. In science, the share was lower, and in math it was lower still. Math is the clear soft spot: less than half of students reached proficiency, and this is the subject where a parent may want to look into what support the school offers. The school's participation rates in testing were high, so the results reflect nearly the whole student body, not a narrow slice. Because only one year of data was available for each subject, there is no trend line to show whether performance is improving or declining. That is a gap a parent should be aware of if they are trying to assess momentum.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Likewise, no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was available in the records provided. For a family weighing this school, those are relevant pieces of information to seek out directly from the school or district.
Brusly Middle is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. No information about advanced course offerings, career pathways, or extracurricular programs was available in the data set used for this profile. The town itself has limited commercial activity and no public transit, so the daily routine for most families will likely involve driving. Housing in Brusly sits at a price point that is modest for the Baton Rouge metro area, and the town has seen slow, steady growth rather than rapid expansion. For a parent who values a small-town setting and wants a school where most students come from the surrounding community, Brusly Middle fits that description. The academic picture is one of solid performance in literacy and social studies, with math and science areas that a family should ask about before enrolling.
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