Summary:
In zip code 70445 (Lacombe, LA), there is one elementary school, Chahta-Ima Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 3 with an enrollment of 319 students.
Chahta-Ima Elementary School is part of the high-performing St. Tammany Parish school district, which ranks in the 84th percentile statewide. However, the school's state ranking has declined over the past three years, dropping from the 78th percentile (4 stars) in 2021-2022 to the 53rd percentile (3 stars) in the most recent data. The school's test scores lag behind its district peers in every subject: Math proficiency is 63% (district: 71%), English Language Arts is 67% (district: 79%), and Social Studies is 48% (district: 66%). Social Studies is a particular weakness, falling 7 points below the state average and 18 points below the district average. The school has a high poverty rate, with 65.52% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9%, which is higher than both the district (21.2%) and state (22.5%) averages.
Despite these challenges, Chahta-Ima Elementary School benefits from an excellent student-teacher ratio of 11:1, a valuable resource that could be leveraged to improve academic outcomes. The school performs near the state average in Math (63% vs. 62%) and slightly below in ELA (67% vs. 70%), but the gap with its high-achieving district is significant. The declining state rank and underperformance in Social Studies suggest a need for targeted academic intervention, while the low student-teacher ratio offers a strong foundation for potential improvement.
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