Summary:
Zip code 71082 in Vivian, Louisiana, is home to a single high school, North Caddo High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with a total enrollment of 306 students as part of the Caddo Parish school district.
North Caddo High School shows a mixed academic profile with notable strengths and weaknesses. The school's standout performance is in English I, where 76% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, outperforming both the district (60%) and state (66%) averages. It also demonstrated strong improvement in Algebra I, jumping from 59% to 69% proficiency year-over-year. However, the school struggles significantly in U.S. History (33% proficient, 22 points below the state) and Geometry (41% proficient, 16 points below the state). A puzzling 23-point swing exists between English I (above state) and English II (below state), suggesting potential curriculum or instructional issues in 10th-grade English. The school maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 10.2 to 1, which supports personalized learning, and its graduation rate of 89.7% exceeds both district (82.6%) and state (85.0%) averages.
Despite a high chronic absenteeism rate of 33.1%—nearly 50% higher than the state average—the school still achieves a graduation rate above the state average, indicating effective credit recovery or alternative pathways. The school's state ranking has been volatile, dropping to the 22nd percentile in 2023-2024 before rebounding to the 41st percentile in 2024-2025 and settling at the 38th percentile in 2025-2026. With 65.36% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a predominantly low-income community. The year-over-year volatility in subjects like Geometry (dropping from 58% to 41% proficiency) and Algebra I (rising from 59% to 69%) suggests performance is heavily influenced by specific student cohorts, highlighting the need for consistent, sustainable improvement strategies.
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