Summary:
In zip code 70586, there is one middle school, Evangeline Reimagine Academy, serving grades 6 through 8 in Ville Platte, Louisiana, a community where over 95% of students face significant socioeconomic challenges.
Evangeline Reimagine Academy is a school in crisis, ranking in the bottom 6% of all Louisiana middle schools (425 out of 452) for the 2025-2026 school year. Academic performance is alarmingly low across all subjects, with only 33% of students proficient in math, 37% in English Language Arts, and 20% in social studies—all far below the district and state averages. The most critical red flag is 8th-grade math, where just 18% of students are proficient, signaling serious challenges for high school readiness. A major contributing factor is chronic absenteeism, which sits at 35.3%, significantly higher than the district (25.1%) and state (22.5%) averages. This means over a third of students are missing enough school to make grade-level achievement nearly impossible.
Despite these struggles, there are a few positive notes. The school has a very low student-teacher ratio of 8.6:1, which provides a strong foundation for small-group instruction if attendance improves. Additionally, 6th graders show relative strength, with 53% proficiency in ELA and 43% in math, suggesting effective teaching in the lower grades. The dropout rate is also low at 0.8%, well below the district and state averages, indicating the school retains its students. However, the overall picture is one of a school that keeps students enrolled but struggles to educate them to grade-level standards, with the absenteeism-academic performance link being the most critical issue to address for any improvement.
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