Best Public Schools in Marthaville, LA

Summary:

The city of Marthaville, Louisiana is home to a single standout public school, Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School, which serves grades PK-8 and has consistently high academic performance.

Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School is a top-performing school in the state, ranking 31st out of 675 Louisiana elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school outperforms the Natchitoches Parish district and state averages on LEAP tests in both Mathematics and English Language Arts across multiple grade levels. Additionally, the school maintains a low dropout rate of 3.3%, well below the state average.

Despite the school's academic success, it faces socioeconomic challenges, with 90.71% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school also has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6%, which could be an area for improvement. Overall, Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School stands out as a high-performing institution in the Marthaville area, providing a quality education to its students despite the challenges it faces.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)						LEAP English Language Arts (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 4th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 5th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 7th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 8th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	Total
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School	Public	PK, KG-8	10800 Hwy. 120	Marthaville	71450	Natchitoches Parish	Natchitoches Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 472-6141	196	21	9.4	90.3%	154 (78.6%)	16 (8.2%)	8 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.6%)	63.3	271^st of 666 public elementary schools	59.3%		92.5	31^st of 675 public elementary schools	95.4%	240	38.0	68.0	54.0	85.0	86.0	73.0	75.0	95.0	92.0	90.0	82.0	89.0	$22,620

Cities Near Marthaville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pleasant Hill	6.86 mi	1
Pelican	12.5 mi	1
Many	14.04 mi	4	111^th
Provencal	15.01 mi	1	27^th
Coushatta	15.77 mi	5	204^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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