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JS Clark Leadership Academy

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12
493rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 666 Louisiana Alternative Schools
Better than 26% of Louisiana alternative schools
Summary

JS Clark Leadership Academy is an alternative public charter school serving 333 students in grades K-12 in Opelousas, Louisiana, a city with significant socioeconomic challenges. Despite these challenges, the school has consistently high graduation rates, ranging from 82.7% to 92.9% in recent years, outperforming the state average. Additionally, the school's dropout rates are relatively low, between 0% and 5%, which is better than the state average.

Academically, JS Clark Leadership Academy outperforms the state average in several subject areas and grade levels on the LEAP assessments, particularly in Algebra I, Geometry, English II, and U.S. History end-of-course exams. When compared to the nearest comparable school, Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy, located about 19 miles away, JS Clark Leadership Academy has stronger performance in mathematics and several end-of-course exams, despite serving a population with similar socioeconomic challenges.

However, the school does face one area of concern: chronic absenteeism rates, which have ranged from 5.2% to 24.6% in recent years, are higher than the state average. Addressing this issue should be a priority for the JS Clark Leadership Academy administration, as it may be impacting the school's overall academic performance. Overall, JS Clark Leadership Academy appears to be a high-performing alternative school that is able to overcome significant socioeconomic challenges and deliver strong academic outcomes for its students.

434
Students ?
14.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,221
Per pupil spending ?
90.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1517 Stateman Rd.
       Opelousas, LA  70570

(337) 418-4222

District: JS Clark Leadership Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:
98.4%
White:
0.7%
Hispanic:
0.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 57th percentile in 2022 → 87th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Louisiana average (72% vs 63% meeting standards)
✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the Louisiana average (83%)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 30 percentile points since 2022
Worth a look
!Mathematics scores 19 pts below the Louisiana average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school72%
Louisiana avg63%
Elementary school
493rd of 666
Louisiana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 26%▼ down 1 pts since 2022
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
269th of 447
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 40%▼ down 15 pts since 2018
From top 45% (2018) to bottom 40% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
44th of 329
Louisiana public high schools ?
Top 13%▲ up 28 pts since 2019
From top 42% (2019) to top 13% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202530.0493 of 66626.0%★☆☆☆☆
202430.8492 of 67527.1%★☆☆☆☆
202317.9629 of 73013.8%★☆☆☆☆
202230.1531 of 72727.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202542.9293 of 50141.5%★★☆☆☆
202440.8311 of 50938.9%★★☆☆☆
202329.2438 of 57023.2%★☆☆☆☆
202246.2292 of 56248.0%★★☆☆☆
202161.1185 of 56467.2%★★★☆☆
201980.386 of 55984.6%★★★★☆
201875.998 of 54782.1%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202542.4383 of 63339.5%★★☆☆☆
202423.6521 of 63518.0%★☆☆☆☆
202314.4650 of 7057.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.6520 of 70125.8%★☆☆☆☆
202134.1476 of 70532.5%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202536.6448 of 66132.2%★★☆☆☆
202437.8449 of 67433.4%★★☆☆☆
202322.7592 of 72318.1%★☆☆☆☆
202237.0480 of 72433.7%★★☆☆☆
202149.0377 of 71947.6%★★☆☆☆
201972.0184 of 69773.6%★★★★☆
201868.4217 of 68268.2%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202530.1484 of 64124.5%★☆☆☆☆
202436.5445 of 65131.6%★★☆☆☆
202319.5593 of 71316.8%★☆☆☆☆
202230.7506 of 71228.9%★☆☆☆☆
202141.7419 of 70440.5%★★☆☆☆
201973.6188 of 69673.0%★★★★☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202542.6269 of 44739.8%★★☆☆☆
202421.0373 of 44916.9%★☆☆☆☆
202336.7302 of 46535.1%★★☆☆☆
202250.7233 of 46049.3%★★☆☆☆
202147.6237 of 45948.4%★★☆☆☆
201975.3113 of 44974.8%★★★★☆
201852.2185 of 41155.0%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202557.3126 of 34463.4%★★★☆☆
202431.4242 of 33327.3%★☆☆☆☆
202351.8156 of 36056.7%★★★☆☆
202268.075 of 36079.2%★★★★☆
202164.988 of 35275.0%★★★★☆
201988.727 of 33892.0%★★★★★
201866.584 of 31373.2%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202535.8275 of 41533.7%★★☆☆☆
202418.5361 of 41513.0%★☆☆☆☆
202331.2325 of 44426.8%★☆☆☆☆
202242.0272 of 44138.3%★★☆☆☆
202147.2243 of 44144.9%★★☆☆☆
201986.438 of 41890.9%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202550.2217 of 43750.3%★★★☆☆
202425.0349 of 44421.4%★☆☆☆☆
202345.0249 of 45945.8%★★☆☆☆
202258.8177 of 45861.4%★★★☆☆
202153.8203 of 45555.4%★★★☆☆
201983.049 of 43088.6%★★★★☆
201854.3193 of 40352.1%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202549.1212 of 41448.8%★★☆☆☆
202416.5374 of 42612.2%★☆☆☆☆
202340.0260 of 44341.3%★★☆☆☆
202255.0194 of 44256.1%★★★☆☆
202162.4166 of 44262.4%★★★☆☆
201971.1119 of 41871.5%★★★★☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202580.844 of 32986.6%★★★★☆
202481.943 of 33387.1%★★★★☆
202368.593 of 32171.0%★★★★☆
202258.1141 of 32656.7%★★★☆☆
202172.763 of 32280.4%★★★★☆
201958.5130 of 31358.5%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202590.613 of 25694.9%★★★★★
202492.115 of 26094.2%★★★★★
202380.630 of 25288.1%★★★★☆
202277.133 of 25687.1%★★★★☆
202185.419 of 24392.2%★★★★★
201975.329 of 23387.6%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202581.842 of 30886.4%★★★★☆
202480.148 of 30884.4%★★★★☆
202361.6128 of 30858.4%★★★☆☆
202285.121 of 31193.2%★★★★★
202171.767 of 28876.7%★★★★☆
201953.2148 of 29249.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202586.225 of 32392.3%★★★★★
202486.923 of 32893.0%★★★★★
202373.652 of 32183.8%★★★★☆
202256.6128 of 32260.2%★★★☆☆
202177.041 of 28585.6%★★★★☆
201966.290 of 30170.1%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202579.647 of 31385.0%★★★★☆
202471.871 of 31577.5%★★★★☆
202371.268 of 30677.8%★★★★☆
202274.958 of 30180.7%★★★★☆
202180.042 of 29285.6%★★★★☆
201941.8179 of 29138.5%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2025)42nd percentile+16 vs school
Female (2025)39th percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+6 vs school
Male (2025)24th percentile~ school
Middle school
African American (2025)63rd percentile+24 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)50th percentile+11 vs school
Male (2025)49th percentile+9 vs school
Female (2025)34th percentile-6 vs school
High school
African American (2025)95th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)92nd percentile+6 vs school
Female (2025)86th percentile~ school
Male (2025)85th percentile~ school
By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?
Algebra I90%+27 vs state
English II84%+17 vs state
U.S. History80%+26 vs state
English I74%+5 vs state
Geometry71%+14 vs state
English Language Arts67%-3 vs state
Mathematics41%-19 vs state

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JS Clark Leadership Academy ranks 493rd of 666 Louisiana alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 434 students attended JS Clark Leadership Academy.

Students at JS Clark Leadership Academy are 98% African American.


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