Summary:
East Feliciana Parish is home to a single middle school, East Feliciana Middle School, which serves 137 students in grades 7 and 8 within the East Feliciana Parish district, a rural area where nearly 85% of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
East Feliciana Middle School presents a mixed picture of strengths and challenges. The school's most impressive achievement is on the English I End-of-Course exam, where 94% of students scored proficient or above in the 2025-2026 school year—far exceeding both the district (75%) and state (66%) averages. However, this success does not extend to other subjects. Overall proficiency rates lag behind state averages, with only 50% of students proficient in Math and 55% in English Language Arts. The most significant weakness is 8th Grade Social Studies, where just 27% of students are proficient, compared to 61% statewide. There is also a notable performance gap between grade levels, with 7th graders consistently outperforming 8th graders across all subjects, suggesting either a weaker cohort or challenges in maintaining academic progress.
Despite these academic struggles, the school demonstrates strong community engagement. With a very low student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1, students benefit from small class sizes. Chronic absenteeism is remarkably low at 9.7%—less than half the state average of 22.5%—and the dropout rate of 2.1% is also below the state average. These positive attendance and retention metrics indicate a supportive school environment that keeps students coming to class, even as the school works to improve its overall academic performance, which currently ranks in the 21st percentile among Louisiana middle schools.
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