Summary:
Boothville, Louisiana is home to a single public elementary school, Boothville-Venice Elementary School, which serves 270 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade as part of the high-performing Plaquemines Parish school district.
Boothville-Venice Elementary School is a 3-star school (60th percentile statewide) that shows notable strengths in Mathematics, where 71% of students are proficient—well above the state average of 62%. However, the school struggles to keep pace with its own district, which is a 4-star system ranked in the 80th percentile. The school underperforms the district average in every subject: by 11 points in Math, 11 points in English Language Arts, and 14 points in Social Studies. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, which sits at 30.1%—dramatically higher than both the district average of 19.6% and the state average of 22.5%. With 74% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a high-poverty population, and its favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1 suggests smaller class sizes that could be leveraged for improvement.
Performance across grade levels is uneven, with 4th graders achieving an impressive 87% proficiency in Math while 5th graders dropped to just 54%—a 33-point swing that warrants investigation. The school's state ranking has also declined from the 74th percentile (4 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 60th percentile (3 stars) currently, indicating that while Math remains a bright spot, other schools are improving faster. For parents, the key takeaway is that Boothville-Venice Elementary School offers strong math instruction but faces significant challenges with attendance and consistency across grade levels, making it a school with clear potential that needs targeted support to align with its high-performing district.
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