Summary:
Zip code 70757, serving the Maringouin area, contains a single school, Valverda Elementary School, a public school in the Pointe Coupee Parish district that serves grades Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade with an enrollment of 436 students.
Valverda Elementary School presents a striking paradox: it achieves strong academic results despite serving a high-poverty population, with 66% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school consistently outperforms its district in all core subjects, and in several areas it surpasses the state average. For the 2025-2026 school year, Valverda posted a 71% proficiency rate in mathematics and a 74% proficiency rate in English Language Arts, both well above the state averages of 62% and 70%, respectively. A standout highlight is the 6th-grade math program, which achieved an exceptional 89% proficiency rate—27 points higher than the district and 24 points higher than the state. However, the school's state ranking has been volatile, dropping from the 60th percentile in 2024-2025 to the 48th percentile in 2025-2026, earning it a 2-star rating.
The most critical concern for Valverda Elementary is its chronic absenteeism rate of 43.6%, which is nearly double the state average of 22.5% and significantly worse than the district's 32.0%. This suggests that while the school's instruction is highly effective when students are present, nearly half the student body is missing enough school to undermine overall performance. The school's 0% dropout rate is excellent, though less impactful for an elementary school. The primary challenge facing Valverda is not academic instruction but student attendance; addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism could unlock even greater achievement and stabilize its ranking.
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