Summary:
The two public schools serving zip code 70372 in Labadieville, Louisiana, are Labadieville Primary School (grades PK-4) and Labadieville Middle School (grades 5-8), both part of the Assumption Parish school district, which holds a 3-star rating and ranks 47th out of 116 districts in Louisiana.
These schools present a clear "tale of two stories." Labadieville Primary School shows promise, with its 3rd graders outperforming state averages in Math (67% vs. 62%) and Social Studies (57% vs. 49%) in the latest data. The school's state ranking has also improved for three consecutive years, rising from the 19th percentile to the 38th percentile. However, this progress is not sustained at Labadieville Middle School, which ranks in the bottom 22nd percentile (1-star) and has shown no improvement over the same period. The most dramatic finding is the "middle school cliff": overall math proficiency drops from 61% at the primary school to just 35% at the middle school, a 26-percentage-point decline. A similar, though less severe, drop is seen in English Language Arts (62% to 54%).
Both schools face significant challenges, including high poverty rates (over 82% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch) and alarmingly high chronic absenteeism (28.2% at the primary school and 30.7% at the middle school, both well above the state average of 22.5%). The only bright spot at the middle school is 8th grade English Language Arts, where students meet the district average (69%). The district's primary challenge is to bridge this "middle school gap" to ensure the strong foundation built at the primary school does not erode in later grades.
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