Summary:
In zip code 71220, there is one high school, Bastrop High School, serving grades 7 through 12 in Bastrop, Louisiana, a community where 84% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Bastrop High School is part of the Morehouse Parish school district, which holds a 3-star rating. The school itself ranks in the bottom 6% of all high schools in Louisiana, placing at 313 out of 325 schools. While the graduation rate is 86.7%—slightly above the state average—the school's academic proficiency rates are critically low. Only 8% of students are proficient in math and 25% in ELA, compared to state averages of 62% and 70%, respectively. This significant gap between graduation and proficiency suggests students may be advancing without mastering grade-level material. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern, with 44.2% of students missing substantial school time—nearly double the state average of 22.5%.
The academic struggles are systemic, with low proficiency across all subjects and grade levels, from 7th-grade math (17%) to high school Geometry (5%). The highest proficiency was in English I at 30%, which was within 10 points of the district average. The dropout rate of 3.7% is slightly above the state average of 3.1%. With a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, class sizes are manageable, but the combination of high poverty, extreme chronic absenteeism, and very low test scores indicates the school faces significant challenges in providing effective instruction and supporting student success.
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