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Southwest Elementary School

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Public Grades
260
Students ?
13.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
82.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1203 Burr Street
       Opelousas, LA  70570-4159

(337) 942-9892

District: St. Landry Parish

Racial breakdown:

African American:
97.3%
White:
1.5%
Two or more races:
0.8%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 6th percentile in 2010 → 11th in 2019
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2010
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (43% vs 65% meeting standards)
!Social Studies scores 25 pts below the Louisiana average
Students meeting standards (2018-2019) ?
This school43%
District avg62%
Louisiana avg65%
Not ranked this year
Southwest Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
48th of 118St. Landry Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201916.5651 of 73110.9%★☆☆☆☆
201811.3665 of 7288.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20176.4717 of 7393.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.5702 of 7425.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201521.6654 of 79217.4%★☆☆☆☆
201416.5695 of 77710.6%★☆☆☆☆
201319.9680 of 77211.9%★☆☆☆☆
201213.4705 of 7647.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201114.0701 of 7668.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201012.6691 of 7366.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200923.1607 of 73817.8%★☆☆☆☆
200824.7593 of 74320.2%★☆☆☆☆
200711.6663 of 7258.6%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Louisiana (2018-2019) ?
Mathematics47%-19 vs state
English Language Arts47%-23 vs state
Social Studies28%-25 vs state

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In the 2018-19 school year, 260 students attended Southwest Elementary School.

Students at Southwest Elementary School are 97% African American, 2% White.


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