Summary:
Belle Chasse, Louisiana, is home to five schools serving approximately 3,250 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, including three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, all within the Plaquemines Parish district except for the independently operated Belle Chasse Academy.
The standout school in the city is Belle Chasse Academy, which operates as its own district and earns a 5-star rating, ranking 3rd in the state. It leads in academic performance with top proficiency rates in Math (86%), ELA (85%), and Social Studies (80%), and boasts an exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of 3.7%. However, Belle Chasse Elementary School is a close competitor, also earning a 5-star rating and achieving the highest Math proficiency rate in the city at 91%, despite serving a population with a higher free/reduced lunch rate (58.2%). Belle Chasse Middle School holds a 4-star rating and performs well above state averages, particularly in Social Studies (79%). Belle Chasse High School presents a paradox: while its test scores are strong but not the highest, it excels with a 95% graduation rate and a remarkably low dropout rate of 0.2%, though its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.1% is the highest in the city.
Overall, the Plaquemines Parish district is a strong performer, ranking 23rd out of 116 districts in the state. All four district schools in Belle Chasse rank in the top 11% of their school types statewide. A key differentiator is Social Studies, where top schools like Belle Chasse Academy and Belle Chasse Middle outperform the state average by nearly 25 percentage points. The city’s schools also maintain favorable student-teacher ratios, ranging from 10.8:1 at the middle school to 13.9:1 at the elementary school, and the average free/reduced lunch rate across reporting schools is about 56.9%, indicating a majority of students come from economically disadvantaged households.
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