Summary:
In zip code 71071, there is one middle school, North Webster Junior High School, serving grades 6 through 8 in Sarepta, Louisiana, with 320 students in the Webster Parish school district.
North Webster Junior High School shows a clear strength in English Language Arts (ELA), with 68% of students proficient in the 2025-2026 school year—10 percentage points higher than the district average of 58%. However, the school struggles in Social Studies, where only 46% of students are proficient, below the state average of 55%. Math proficiency sits at 50%, closely matching the district average of 51% but trailing the state's 62%. The school's state ranking has been relatively stable, hovering around the 35th to 38th percentile over the past three years, though it saw a slight dip to 296th out of 452 schools in 2025-2026. A notable positive is the school's very low dropout rate of 0.4%, far better than the district's 2.9% and the state's 3.1%.
Despite serving a population where over 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school maintains consistent performance. A key concern is the high chronic absenteeism rate of 26.6%, which exceeds the state average of 22.5% but is better than the district's 30.6%. This creates a paradox: the school keeps students enrolled but struggles to get them to attend regularly. Grade-level data shows 6th graders excel in ELA (72% proficient) but lag in Social Studies (36%), while 8th graders show the most balanced performance, including the highest Social Studies score at 56%. The student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 is reasonable, supporting a stable learning environment.
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