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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFOURCHE PARISH·NCES 220090002330
Bayou Community Academy Charter School
800 East Seventh Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301 · (985) 446-3011 · Lafourche Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
177 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 16% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
80.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 80.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 71.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bayou Community Academy Charter School
Bayou Community Academy Charter School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Community Academy Charter School this school | 499 | 35.5% | 72.0% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Luling | 501 | 35.5% | 51.2% |
| George Welch Elementary School West Monroe | 429 | 35.4% | 57.2% |
| Herndon Magnet School Belcher | 701 | 34.1% | 64.5% |
| Norco Elementary School Norco | 501 | 38.5% | 57.3% |
| Legacy Elementary School Bossier City | 560 | 30.7% | 67.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bayou Community Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafourche Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #19 of 583 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #13 of 582 ▲ 6 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #16 of 587 ▲ 3 | #1 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #174 of 540 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #262 of 714 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #603 of 655 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #370 of 655 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #680 of 705 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #166 of 197 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 499 | 29.5 | 16.9:1 | 35% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 29.7 | 17.2:1 | 31% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 27.6 | 18.7:1 | 30% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 22% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 24.2 | 20.1:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 35% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayou Community Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (485 to 499); teachers up 22% (24.2 to 29.5).
About Bayou Community Academy Charter School
Bayou Community Academy Charter School is a medium-sized elementary school in Louisiana, with an address in Thibodaux. Its 499 students are spread across pre-K through 8.
Lafourche Parish has 13,326 students in 30 schools, and Bayou Community Academy Charter School is one of those schools.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at Bayou Community Academy Charter School combined. It is also 14% Black and 10% multiracial. By the diversity index, Bayou Community Academy Charter School comes in at 47%.
The school employs the equivalent of 29.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.9:1. Among elementary schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 14.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. That rate is below the 63% average among public schools in Lafourche Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Bayou Community Academy Charter School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.9% for Bayou Community Academy Charter School. The school posts 72.0%, 13.2 points above the prediction.
Lafourche Parish has about 96,252 residents, and median household income is about $63,135, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 32 public schools in Lafourche Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 13,426.
The closest public school to Bayou Community Academy Charter School is Thibodaux Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Bayou Community Academy Charter School ranks 1st on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Bayou Community Academy Charter School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Bayou Community Academy Charter School is a publicly funded charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 487 to 499. Students per teacher fell from 18.7 in 2020-21 to 16.9 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bayou Community Academy Charter School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lafourche Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,252
Census ACS
Median income
$63,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
13,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafourche Parish
- Central Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 1,307 students
- Thibodaux High SchoolHigh · 1,306 students
- South Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Thibodaux Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Thibodaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Virtual Academy of LafourcheCombined · 477 students
Other schools in Thibodaux
- Thibodaux High SchoolHigh · 1,306 students
- Thibodaux Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Thibodaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Virtual Academy of LafourcheCombined · 477 students
- W.S. Lafargue Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
- C.M. Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Thibodaux Elementary School0.1 mi · 575
- Thibodaux Middle School0.2 mi · 592
- The MAX Charter School0.5 mi · 100
- Virtual Academy of Lafourche0.6 mi · 477
- C.M. Washington Elementary School0.8 mi · 392
- W.S. Lafargue Elementary School1.2 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolHow many students attend Bayou Community Academy Charter School?
Bayou Community Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Bayou Community Academy Charter School serve?
Bayou Community Academy Charter School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bayou Community Academy Charter School have?
Bayou Community Academy Charter School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayou Community Academy Charter School?
At Bayou Community Academy Charter School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 2% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Bayou Community Academy Charter School public or private?
Bayou Community Academy Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Lafourche Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.