Summary:
In zip code 70586, there is one high school, Ville Platte High School, serving grades 9 through 12 with 419 students in the Ville Platte area of Louisiana.
Ville Platte High School is a school of notable contrasts. It has a clear strength in Geometry, where 64% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, outperforming both the Evangeline Parish district (58%) and the state (57%). However, it faces a significant challenge in U.S. History, with only 25% of students proficient, far below the district (47%) and state (55%) averages. The school also struggles with chronic absenteeism, which sits at 33.4%, well above the district average of 25.1% and the state average of 22.5%. This high absenteeism rate is likely a major factor behind the school's low overall state ranking, which has remained in the bottom third of Louisiana high schools for the past two years, earning a 1-star rating.
Despite these challenges, the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1, suggesting smaller class sizes. Its graduation rate of 86.0% is slightly above the state average of 85.0%, though its dropout rate of 5.0% is higher than both the district (1.9%) and state (3.1%) averages. With 84.01% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a high-poverty community, which provides important context for understanding its performance. The school's performance varies significantly by subject, indicating that instructional quality or curriculum focus may differ across departments, making it a school with both standout strengths and critical areas for improvement.
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