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Terrebonne Parish


At a glance
25thof 116 Louisiana districts▼ 7
Better than 78% of Louisiana districts
201 Stadium Drive
Houma, LA 70360-2732
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Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 79% of districts
28
Schools
14,611
Students
3
5-star schools
Top rankedMulberry Elementary School40th of 690 Louisiana elementary schools
Biggest riser
Montegut Elementary School up 24 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Dularge Elementary School 11.5 students per teacher
Newly ranked this year
Schriever Elementary School
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
4★
3★
2★
3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The Terrebonne Parish school district serves 27 public schools across 15 elementary, 7 middle, 4 high, and 1 alternative school, ranking in the top 22% of Louisiana districts with a 4-star rating for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.

Elementary schools are the district's clear strength, with 10 out of 15 rated 4 or 5 stars. Mulberry Elementary School leads as a top performer with the lowest chronic absenteeism (11.5%) and exceptional test scores (93% proficient in ELA, 87% in Math). Bourg Elementary School and Dularge Elementary School are also 5-star standouts, with Dularge achieving remarkable results despite a high poverty rate (81.15% free/reduced lunch). In contrast, Southdown Elementary School is a 2-star school with the highest poverty rate (91.26%) and low test scores. Middle school performance is more mixed: Montegut Middle School earns 4 stars, while Oaklawn Middle School (1-star) and Grand Caillou Middle School (2-star) struggle significantly. Among high schools, South Terrebonne High School and Terrebonne High School are solid 4-star schools, while Ellender Memorial High School is the lowest-ranked high school with a 75.8% graduation rate and 41.4% chronic absenteeism.

Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide concern, averaging 26.7%—well above the state average of 22.5%. This issue is most acute at the alternative school (48.0%), Ellender Memorial (41.4%), and several middle schools like Grand Caillou Middle (35.4%) and Oaklawn (34.2%). The district's high school graduation rate (83.8%) slightly trails the state average (85.0%), with South Terrebonne High (86.1%) and H. L. Bourgeois High School (86.0%) leading. A notable finding is the "poverty paradox": schools like Dularge Elementary and Grand Caillou Elementary School (90.28% poverty, 4-star) achieve top results despite high poverty, while others like Southdown Elementary and Oaklawn Middle struggle, suggesting school-level factors like leadership and culture can dramatically alter outcomes.

Ranking:
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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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