Best Public Schools in Zip Code 71071

Summary:

The 71071 zip code area has only one school, North Webster Junior High School, a public middle school serving grades 6-8. This school is part of the Webster Parish school district, which is ranked 75th out of 118 districts in Louisiana and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

North Webster Junior High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 276th out of 447 Louisiana middle schools in 2024-2025 to 337th out of 465 in 2022-2023. Its SchoolDigger rating has also decreased from 2 stars to 1 star during this time period. Academically, the school has mixed performance, with mathematics proficiency rates below the state average across all grades, ranging from 45-52% proficient compared to 60% statewide. English Language Arts proficiency is stronger, with 54-72% of students scoring proficient or better, though still below the 70% state average.

Other key metrics for North Webster Junior High School include a dropout rate of 3.3% in 2022-2023, a chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% in 2023-2024, and 61.89% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. The school's student-teacher ratio is 16.4 in 2023-2024. Overall, the data suggests that North Webster Junior High School is an underperforming school relative to state averages, particularly in mathematics, and faces challenges related to student poverty and attendance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)				LEAP English Language Arts (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 6th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 7th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 8th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	Total
North Webster Junior High School	Public	6-8	6041 Hwy 2	Sarepta	71071	Webster Parish	Webster Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 847-4301	320	22	14.5	77.2%	169 (52.8%)	130 (40.6%)	9 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	40.3	276^th of 447 public middle schools	38.3%		38.5	284^th of 449 public middle schools	36.7%	8	52.0	45.0	49.0	49.0	72.0	54.0	71.0	67.0	$17,684

Cities Near Zip Code 71071

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sarepta	2.71 mi	1	179^th
Springhill	4.36 mi	3	229^th
Shongaloo	8.05 mi	1
Cotton Valley	8.33 mi	1	173^rd
Plain Dealing	15.45 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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