Summary:
Zip code 70340, serving the Amelia, Louisiana area, is home to a single elementary school, J.S. Aucoin Elementary School, which educates students from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade with a total enrollment of 237 students.
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School stands out as a high-performing school within the St. Mary Parish district, consistently exceeding district and state averages in key academic areas. In the 2025-2026 school year, the school achieved an 84% proficiency rate in Mathematics, significantly higher than the district's 65% and the state's 62%. Similarly, its Social Studies proficiency rate of 60% outpaced both the district (50%) and state (55%). The school also boasts an exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of 9.6%, which is less than half the district (23.0%) and state (22.5%) averages, indicating strong student and family engagement. With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1, the school provides an environment conducive to individualized attention, which is particularly notable given that 64.56% of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
While the school demonstrates clear strengths in Mathematics and Social Studies, its English Language Arts (ELA) performance presents a more nuanced picture. The overall ELA proficiency rate of 73% is above the district average but only slightly above the state average, and 4th-grade ELA proficiency (67%) falls below both district and state averages, suggesting a potential area for focused improvement. The school's state ranking has shown some volatility, improving from 268th in 2023-2024 to 198th in 2024-2025, before settling at 235th in 2025-2026. This fluctuation may reflect normal year-to-year variations in a small school's data, and future monitoring will be important to determine if it represents a trend.
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