Thibodaux Elementary School, Thibodaux LA

Original Research by School Decision on Thibodaux Elementary School

Thibodaux Elementary School serves a very specific slice of childhood: pre-kindergarten through first grade. For a family looking at entry-level public schooling in Thibodaux, this means their child would spend three years here before moving on to another elementary campus. The school sits within the Lafourche Parish district, which covers a broad stretch of southeastern Louisiana.

The student body is diverse in composition. The largest group of students is Black, followed by a substantial share of white students, and smaller populations of multiracial and Hispanic children. A large share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of the economic context in which the school operates. Because the school serves only the youngest grades, the typical measures of high school outcomes, such as graduation rate, do not apply. That is a gap explained by the school’s grade band, not a missing result.

State testing data is present in the record, but it covers grades three through five, not the pre-K through first-grade span that Thibodaux Elementary actually serves. This mismatch means the test results on file likely come from an earlier period or reflect a different enrollment scope; a parent should ask the school directly how current students in the early grades are assessed and what academic benchmarks are used. Without that clarification, the proficiency numbers in the data cannot be interpreted as a measure of the school’s present performance.

The school’s proficiency index, as compared with other districts in Lafourche Parish, places it above the midpoint of the two districts in that comparison. That is a very narrow reference group, so the ranking carries limited weight. No chronic absenteeism or discipline data is available, and the district brief turned up no recent changes or initiatives publicly reported for Lafourche Parish that directly affect this school.

Housing in the Thibodaux area, based on the zip code the school draws from, shows home values that are roughly in line with the state average and below the national median. Rents are moderate relative to local incomes, and the area’s unemployment rate tracks close to the national figure. For a family moving into the area, the elementary school sits in a town that serves as the parish seat, with a downtown and a set of local businesses that give it a defined center, though the locale brief did not contain specifics beyond that.

What this school offers is a dedicated early-learning entry point. The absence of later-grade data is not a red flag; it simply reflects the school’s purpose. A parent choosing Thibodaux Elementary will want to understand how the school prepares children for the transition to the upper elementary grades in the district, and what supports are in place for the high-poverty population the school serves. Those are conversations best had directly with the school’s leadership.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · district not reported

even with state median

Grade 48%

School 8% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 525%

School 25% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 323%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 421%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 553%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 24 pts above state median

Science

Grade 317%

School 17% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 47%

School 7% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 523%

School 23% · district not reported

even with state median

Social studies

Grade 422%

School 22% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median

This schoolLafourche 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 3Lower-income17%Higher-income49%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income64%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income18%Higher-income43%25 pp gap