Summary:
The Webster Parish school district in Louisiana serves approximately 4,967 students across 14 schools, including 8 elementary, 2 middle, 3 high, and 1 alternative school, and is ranked 81st out of 116 parishes with a 2-star rating.
The standout school in the district is Lakeside Junior-Senior High School, which consistently earns a 4-star rating and outperforms both district and state averages in subjects like English II and Algebra I, while maintaining a low dropout rate of 0.6% and a strong graduation rate of 94.7%. Another bright spot is Central Elementary School, a 4-star school with 75% math and 76% ELA proficiency, far exceeding district averages, and the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the district at 14.0%. In contrast, J. L. Jones Elementary School and Brown Upper Elementary School are the lowest-performing, both receiving 0-star ratings with critically low test scores and high rates of economic disadvantage (83% and 88% free/reduced lunch, respectively).
A major district-wide issue is chronic absenteeism, averaging 30.6%—well above the state average of 22.5%—with Minden High School having the highest rate at 45.9%. The district's graduation rate of 88.4% is slightly above the state average, but the alternative school, Doyline High School, has a high dropout rate of 6.0%. Notably, North Webster Upper Elementary School has seen a sharp decline, dropping from a 3-star to a 1-star rating in recent years, while the feeder patterns show that schools in the North Webster cluster generally perform better than those in the Minden cluster, highlighting significant performance disparities across the district.
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