Summary:
Zip code 71245, serving the Grambling, LA area, contains a single school, Lincoln Preparatory School, an alternative school within the Lincoln Preparatory School district that serves grades PK through 12 with 684 students.
Lincoln Preparatory School presents a notable paradox. On one hand, it achieves a graduation rate of 85.2%, slightly above the state average of 85.0%, and a dropout rate of 3.0%, which is below the state average of 3.1%. Chronic absenteeism stands at 20.6%, also better than the state average of 22.5%. The school maintains a very low student-teacher ratio of 10:1, suggesting small class sizes that likely support individualized attention. However, the school serves a high-poverty population, with 85.09% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, which provides important context for its academic performance.
Academically, the school's proficiency rates are dramatically below state averages across nearly all subjects. Overall proficiency in Mathematics is 24% (state: 62%), English Language Arts is 37% (state: 70%), and Social Studies is 21% (state: 55%). End-of-course exam results are particularly concerning, with U.S. History proficiency at just 8% (state: 55%) and English I at 27% (state: 66%). A bright spot is 6th grade, where English Language Arts proficiency reaches 50% and Math reaches 42%, the school's highest grade-level scores. Year-over-year data shows troubling declines in most end-of-course exams, with the exception of Algebra I, which improved from 27% to 49%. The school appears successful at keeping students enrolled and graduating, but faces a critical challenge in raising academic achievement to close the significant gap between persistence and content mastery.
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