Best Public Schools in Zip Code 70426

Summary:

The 70426 zip code area is home to a single public elementary school, Wesley Ray Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 266 students. The school is part of the Washington Parish school district, which is ranked 51 out of 118 districts in Louisiana and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wesley Ray Elementary School appears to be a standout school in the 70426 zip code area, as it has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 449th out of 730 Louisiana elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 251st out of 666 in 2024-2025, earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has consistently outperformed the Washington Parish and Louisiana state averages in LEAP Mathematics proficiency, while its LEAP English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency has been slightly below the state average, with a particular area of concern in 3rd grade ELA scores.

The school serves a population with a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 57.52% in the 2023-2024 school year, and has a student-teacher ratio of 17.1, which is slightly lower than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% in the 2023-2024 school year is a potential area of concern that the school and district should address to ensure all students are receiving the support they need to succeed.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)			LEAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 5th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	Total
Wesley Ray Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	30523 Wesley Ray Road	Angie	70426	Washington Parish	Washington Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 986-3131	255	21	12.2	85.1%	90 (35.3%)	151 (59.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	66.2	251^st of 666 public elementary schools	62.3%		39.9	430^th of 675 public elementary schools	36.3%	179	83.0	75.0	77.0	53.0	75.0	66.0	$17,444

Cities Near Zip Code 70426

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Angie	1.65 mi	1	98^th
Varnado	5.17 mi	1	223^rd
Bogalusa	11.45 mi	7	236^th
Franklinton	12.35 mi	7	122^nd
Bush	25.1 mi	1	39^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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