Summary:
There is one elementary school, The MAX Charter School, located in Thibodaux, LA, serving grades 1 through 8 with a total enrollment of 100 students, and it operates as its own district, The MAX Charter School.
This small school has a standout positive in its very low student-teacher ratio of 9:1, which typically allows for more individualized attention, and it also has a lower-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 15.8% compared to the state's 22.5%. However, these advantages do not translate into academic success, as the school is consistently ranked in the bottom 5% of all elementary schools in Louisiana, with a 2025-2026 rank of 661 out of 690 (4th percentile). The school serves a high-poverty population, with 67% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and overall proficiency rates are critically low: 41% in English Language Arts (state: 70%), 18% in Social Studies (state: 55%), and math scores ranging from 14% to 33% across grades, compared to state averages of 61% to 67%.
A single bright spot is 5th grade English Language Arts, where 78% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, which is 5 percentage points above the state average of 73%. This suggests that replicating the strategies used in that classroom could be key to improvement. In contrast, math and social studies show systemic failures requiring urgent intervention, with 4th and 6th grade math at just 14% proficiency and 3rd and 6th grade social studies at only 7% proficiency. While the school's ranking has slightly improved from the 0th percentile to the 4th percentile over three years, it remains in a critically low position, indicating that the core challenges are likely related to instructional quality and overcoming the barriers of poverty rather than issues of class size or attendance.
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