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The highest-poverty public schools in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Across Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, 44 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Willow Charter Academy leads the list at 98.2%, against a median of 62.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Top % FRL

98.2%

Median % FRL

62.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Willow Charter Academy	Lafayette, LA	Willow Charter Academy	Elementary	605	98.2%
2	Alice N. Boucher Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	442	94.3%
3	J.W. Faulk Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	424	94.3%
4	Dr. Raphael A. Baranco Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	247	93.1%
5	Paul Breaux Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	314	91.1%
6	Northside High School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	713	87.5%
7	Evangeline Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	604	85.3%
8	Lafayette Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	351	83.8%
9	Live Oak Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	520	81.9%
10	Ossun Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	498	79.3%
11	Truman Early Childhood Education Center	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	331	79.2%
12	Carencro Middle School	Carencro, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	585	77.6%
13	Acadian Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	340	75.9%
14	S.J. Montgomery Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	663	75.6%
15	Duson Elementary School	Duson, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	229	74.2%
16	Westside Elementary School	Scott, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	597	73.2%
17	Carencro High School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	1,116	71.7%
18	Katharine Drexel Elementary School	Broussard, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	583	71.0%
19	Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary	Carencro, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	705	69.1%
20	Charles M. Burke Elementary School	Duson, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	564	67.0%
21	Scott Middle School	Scott, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	629	63.9%
22	Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	484	63.2%
23	Judice Middle School	Duson, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	442	61.1%
24	Ridge Elementary School	Duson, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	592	59.3%
25	Prairie Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	663	57.9%
26	O. Comeaux High School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	873	57.6%
27	Acadiana High School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	1,652	56.6%
28	Broussard Middle School	Broussard, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	465	55.1%
29	Woodvale Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	793	54.5%
30	J. Wallace James Elementary School	Scott, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	957	51.1%
31	Green T. Lindon Elementary School	Youngsville, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	719	47.7%
32	Lafayette High School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	1,720	47.2%
33	L.J. Alleman Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	890	46.9%
34	L. Leo Judice Elementary School	Scott, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	371	44.5%
35	Martial Billeaud Elementary School	Broussard, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	572	43.4%
36	Broadmoor Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	749	42.9%
37	Youngsville Middle School	Youngsville, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	534	42.1%
38	Edgar Martin Middle School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Middle	641	42.1%
39	David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	1,362	39.6%
40	Ernest Gallet Elementary School	Youngsville, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	643	37.8%
41	Southside High School	Youngsville, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	1,833	34.5%
42	Milton Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	1,261	32.6%
43	Early College Academy	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	257	30.4%
44	Myrtle Place Elementary School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	Elementary	384	30.2%

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