Summary:
Zip code 70515, serving the community of Basile, Louisiana, is home to two public schools within the Evangeline Parish school district: W. W. Stewart Elementary School (grades PK-4) and Basile High School (grades 5-12), serving a combined 715 students with about 60% qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
The standout school in this area is W. W. Stewart Elementary School, a high-performing school that consistently exceeds state averages. In the 2025-2026 LEAP scores, it achieved 76% proficiency in Math (vs. 62% state), 78% in ELA (vs. 70% state), and 67% in Social Studies (vs. 55% state). Its 4th-grade scores are particularly impressive at 83% in Math and 86% in ELA. The school earned a 5-star rating in 2024-2025, ranking in the 93rd percentile among Louisiana elementary schools. In contrast, Basile High School shows a mixed performance: it excels in ELA with 80% proficiency (10 points above the state average) but struggles in Math (60%) and Social Studies (51%), with a notable weakness in U.S. History at just 30% proficiency. Despite these academic challenges, the high school boasts a strong graduation rate of 89.1% and an exceptionally low dropout rate of 0.9%.
Key differentiators include chronic absenteeism, which is low at W. W. Stewart Elementary (17.8%) but high at Basile High School (25.2%), likely contributing to the high school's academic struggles. Both schools have favorable student-teacher ratios (13.1:1 at the elementary and 14:1 at the high school). The data suggests a potential performance drop-off as students transition from elementary to high school, with the elementary school being a clear academic beacon while the high school demonstrates strength in ELA and graduation support despite needing improvement in other subjects.
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