Summary:
The city of Grand Coteau, Louisiana has only one school, Grand Coteau Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school is part of the St. Landry Parish school district.
Grand Coteau Elementary School has seen a fluctuating statewide ranking in recent years, ranking 282 out of 666 Louisiana elementary schools in the 2024-2025 school year, but dropping to 439 out of 730 schools in the 2022-2023 school year. However, the school generally performs better than the district and state averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had 70% proficiency in Mathematics, compared to 52% for the district and 60% for the state, and 69% proficiency in ELA, while the district and state had 67% and 70%, respectively.
Despite these strong academic results, the school faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% in the 2023-2024 school year and a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 71.97% in the same year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.2 is relatively low, which may indicate smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for students. Overall, Grand Coteau Elementary School appears to be a relatively high-performing school, but it faces unique challenges related to student attendance and economic disadvantage that may require targeted interventions and support.
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