East Feliciana Parish

The East Feliciana Parish school district in Louisiana serves approximately 1,647 students across six public schools, including three elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, and is ranked 49th out of 116 parishes statewide with a 3-star rating.

The standout performer in the district is Slaughter Community Charter School, the only school to earn a 5-star rating, ranking in the 91st percentile for high schools in Louisiana and leading in all core subjects with 79% proficiency in math and 78% in English Language Arts. In stark contrast, East Feliciana High School faces the greatest challenges, with the highest chronic absenteeism rate (29.8%), the lowest graduation rate (76.9%), and the highest dropout rate (6.8%), alongside the lowest academic performance, particularly in U.S. History (17% proficient). The two high schools present a tale of two extremes, offering families a top-tier option in Slaughter Community Charter but a struggling traditional high school in East Feliciana High. A bright spot is East Feliciana Middle School, which despite having the lowest overall proficiency scores, achieved a remarkable 94% proficiency rate on the English I End-of-Course exam, far exceeding district and state averages. Meanwhile, Jackson Elementary School has shown the most dramatic improvement, jumping from the 10th percentile to the 35th percentile in just two years, proving that significant progress is possible even in challenging circumstances.

District-wide, academic proficiency averages 59% in math, 69% in English Language Arts, and 44% in social studies, with Clinton Elementary School trailing at 44% in math and East Feliciana Middle School at 31% in social studies. Chronic absenteeism is a district strength at 15.5%, well below the state average of 22.5%, though East Feliciana High School struggles at 29.8%. Economic disadvantage varies widely, from 51.37% at Slaughter Community Charter to 90.48% at East Feliciana High School, and the data shows a strong inverse relationship between poverty rates and academic performance, with the three highest-poverty schools being the lowest-performing. The student-teacher ratio averages 14.7:1, with Slaughter Community Charter School having the largest classes at 24.2:1 and East Feliciana Middle School the smallest at 9.9:1.