Summary:
In zip code 70508, there is one high school, O. Comeaux High School, serving grades 9-12 in Lafayette, Louisiana, as part of the Lafayette Parish school district.
O. Comeaux High School has an enrollment of 873 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16:1. The school has experienced a significant decline in its state ranking over the past three years, dropping from the 125th position (62nd percentile) in 2023-2024 to 180th (45th percentile) in 2025-2026. A major concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 36.4%, which is substantially higher than the district average of 24.0% and the state average of 22.5%. The graduation rate stands at 82.2%, below both the district (85.1%) and state (85.0%) rates, though the dropout rate of 2.2% is better than the district and state averages.
The most notable finding is extreme year-over-year volatility in test scores. In 2024-2025, the school dramatically outperformed district and state averages in Geometry (74% proficient vs. 69% district) and English II (87% vs. 78% district). However, in 2025-2026, proficiency in those same subjects plummeted to 42% and 61% respectively, falling well below district averages. This inconsistency, combined with high chronic absenteeism, suggests the school struggles to maintain stable academic performance across different cohorts. With 57.62% of students economically disadvantaged, the school has demonstrated it can achieve high results, but the data indicates a need for targeted interventions to improve attendance and stabilize instruction across all subjects.
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