Summary
Rougon Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Rougon, Louisiana, with 499 students. The school is part of the Pointe Coupee Parish school district, which is ranked 83 out of 118 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Rougon Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Louisiana elementary schools over the past 10 years, with its ranking ranging from 489 to 629 out of around 730-792 schools. The school has received a 1 or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, indicating below-average performance. Rougon Elementary consistently underperforms the Pointe Coupee Parish and Louisiana state averages on LEAP tests in both Mathematics and English Language Arts across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 48% in Math and 62% in ELA, compared to 60% and 70% statewide, respectively. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 21.9% to 38.3% in recent years, significantly above the state average, and dropout rates as high as 5.4% in recent years.
Compared to nearby schools, Rougon Elementary generally performs worse on key metrics like test scores, subgroup performance, and chronic absenteeism. For instance, Valverda Elementary, also in Pointe Coupee Parish, outperforms Rougon on Math and ELA proficiency rates by 10-16 percentage points. Similarly, Zachary Elementary, in a neighboring district, achieves proficiency rates around 75-80%, significantly higher than Rougon. The high-poverty schools in the Baton Rouge area, such as Baker Heights, Ryan, and Crestworth Elementary Schools, also tend to outperform Rougon on test scores, despite serving similarly disadvantaged student populations.
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