Original Research by School Decision on Williams Scholar Academy Inc.
Williams Scholar Academy Inc. was a Louisiana school district that existed only on paper, created to oversee a single charter school. That school, operating both as Williams Scholar Academy and Excelsior College Preparatory Academy, opened as a tuition-free public charter for grades six through twelve after the state board approved its application. It was intended to give families in the Vermilion Parish area a new public school choice.
The school did not last long. Publicly reported accounts indicate that it closed abruptly after a short period of operation, relinquishing its charter amid financial and academic concerns. The state education department had moved to revoke the charter, and the school shut down before that process was completed. The students enrolled there at the time—a modest number, by available accounts—were displaced and returned to their zoned public schools in the surrounding communities.
Because the district never had more than that single school and that school is now closed, there is essentially nothing to evaluate as a current academic option. No state testing results are available. No enrollment figures, demographic breakdowns, graduation rates, or program offerings were ever captured in the data sets we reviewed. The entity’s grade band is listed as serving middle school through middle school, which appears to be a data artifact; the school itself was described as serving grades six through twelve. In any case, this is not an active school district.
For a parent or resident reading this, the relevant takeaway is straightforward: Williams Scholar Academy Inc. no longer operates a school. The charter option that briefly existed in this area has been eliminated. Families who might have considered this pathway will find no program, no campus, and no enrollment process. The district effectively ceased to exist when its only school closed. What remains is a record of a short-lived effort that did not sustain itself, and no further information about academics, environment, or student support is available to inform a decision.
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