Mamou High School, Mamou LA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Mamou High School

Mamou High School sits in the small Louisiana town of Mamou, a place that calls itself the Cajun Music Capital of the World. The town has a deep cultural identity centered on live music, the annual Courir de Mardi Gras, and Fred’s Lounge, a Saturday-morning institution that draws visitors from well beyond the parish line. Mamou itself has been losing population steadily for decades, and its housing market is among the most affordable in the state. The local economy leans on health care, utilities, and public administration, with rice farming in the surrounding countryside. The high school is one of three public campuses in town, and according to the school’s directory information it serves grades nine through twelve as a regular public school within the Evangeline Parish school system.

The state testing data available for Mamou High School is somewhat puzzling and warrants a closer look. The school’s official grade band is listed as nine through twelve, but the LEAP 2025 assessment results provided cover grades five through eight. It is possible that the school shares a campus with Mamou Upper Elementary and that the testing data reported under the high school’s NCES identifier actually reflects a combined or misaligned grade span. A parent exploring this school should verify the exact grade configuration with the district, because the assessment results described here may not correspond to the high school students you would expect. The data that is reported shows that across math, English language arts, science, and social studies, the share of students scoring at proficient or above was modest, with the highest figures appearing in seventh-grade English language arts and the lowest in sixth-grade social studies. In every subject and every tested grade, the proficiency rates fell well short of a majority, and in several cases were below one in three students.

About two-thirds of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a reflection of the economic context of the town. The student population is roughly balanced between White and Black students, with a very small number of Hispanic and Asian students and a small share identifying as two or more races. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, and no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was found. The school’s graduation rate was also absent from the data provided, so it is not possible to say how many students complete high school here.

The school’s program offerings are not documented in the available material. There is no information about Advanced Placement courses, dual enrollment, career and technical education pathways, or extracurricular activities. A parent would want to contact the school directly to learn what academic options exist beyond the core curriculum.

Because only one district exists in Evangeline Parish, there is no basis for comparison with other local districts. Mamou High School stands alone as the sole public high school serving the town, and the district itself has a single set of policies and resources.

This is a school where academic achievement, on the measures that are available, appears low, and families should pursue a direct conversation with the administration about what supports are in place and what the school’s actual grade span and testing population look like. The town offers a tight-knit, culturally rich setting with a very low cost of housing, but the population decline and limited local employment base are part of the context any newcomer would need to weigh.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

85-89%Cohort of 98 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

355 schools plotted. 10 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 518%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 618%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 737%

School 37% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · district not reported

▲ 16 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 528%

School 28% · district not reported

even with state median

Grade 625%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 753%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 838%

School 38% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 618%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 734%

School 34% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 824%

School 24% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 519%

School 19% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 610%

School 10% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 824%

School 24% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median

This schoolEvangeline Parish, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income35%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income47%29 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income48%Higher-income61%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income53%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income10%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income16%Higher-income23%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income21%Higher-income68%47 pp gap