Summary:
Trout, Louisiana, is home to a single school, Fellowship Elementary School, a public school serving grades Pre-K through 8 with 209 students that stands out as a rapidly improving academic powerhouse within the top-tier LaSalle Parish school district, which ranks 8th out of 116 districts in the state.
Fellowship Elementary is a standout school that consistently outperforms both its district and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts where 88% of all students are proficient. The school has shown remarkable improvement, jumping from a 3-star to a 4-star rating in a single year and moving from the 66th to the 75th percentile in state rankings. Its most exceptional feature is the performance in upper grades, with 7th graders achieving 95% proficiency in both Math and ELA, and 8th graders reaching 89% proficiency in ELA and Social Studies. The school also maintains a lower chronic absenteeism rate (19.8%) than both the district (26.5%) and state (22.5%) averages, despite 43% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
While the overall picture is very positive, there is one notable area of concern: a sharp drop in 5th-grade Math proficiency to just 46%, down from 100% in 4th grade, which may indicate a curriculum transition or cohort-specific issue worth investigating. However, this anomaly is overshadowed by the school's strong upward trajectory, including a significant increase in all-grades Math proficiency from 66% to 74% in one year. With a 0% dropout rate and a student-teacher ratio of 16:1, Fellowship Elementary is clearly a school on the rise, successfully implementing effective strategies that yield tangible results for its students.
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