Ware Youth Center, Coushatta LA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ware Youth Center

Ware Youth Center is an alternative school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade in Coushatta, the parish seat of Red River Parish in north Louisiana. The school sits along U.S. Highway 71, about a short drive south of Shreveport. As an alternative school, it serves students who have not succeeded in the district's traditional campuses, and its enrollment reflects that purpose. The student body is small, with most students in grades nine through twelve; only a handful are in seventh or eighth grade, and no students are enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade. That distribution is consistent with a program that primarily serves older students who need a different academic or behavioral setting.

The student population is roughly two-thirds Black and one-third White, with a modest share of Hispanic students. A substantial portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which aligns with the economic conditions of the surrounding community. Coushatta is a small rural town that has experienced long-term population decline, and housing values in the area are well below state and national medians. The local economy is anchored by the school district, a small hospital, and town government, with no large private employers present.

On state assessments administered in the most recent school year, proficiency rates across math, English language arts, science, and social studies were low at every tested grade level. For example, in math the share of students scoring proficient ranged from below a fifth of students in eighth grade to just over a third in fifth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates were similarly modest, with the highest in third grade at about a third of students. Science and social studies results were even lower, generally around a fifth or less. Only a single year of assessment data is available, so no trend can be established. Low proficiency in an alternative school is not unusual; students placed here often arrive with academic gaps. Still, a parent may want to ask the school directly about how it measures individual progress and what academic supports are in place.

The school is part of the Red River Parish School District, which publicly describes undergoing an academic turnaround in recent years, moving from among the lowest-performing districts in Louisiana to significant improvement through district-wide curriculum changes, instructional coaching, and data-driven interventions. It is not clear from available information how much that turnaround has reached Ware Youth Center specifically. The district operates three traditional campuses in Coushatta: an elementary school, a junior high, and a senior high. Ware Youth Center is the alternative placement within that system.

Because the school is an alternative school, no graduation rate was reported. The comparison data that would normally place this school relative to other districts in the county could not be used, as Red River Parish is the only district in the county. That means there is no local peer group for performance benchmarking.

For a family considering Ware Youth Center, the primary question is whether the school's mission and approach fit the student's needs. This is not a neighborhood comprehensive school. It is a specialized setting for students who have struggled elsewhere, and its academic results reflect that reality. Families should seek direct information about the school's instructional program, support services, and post-graduation pathways before making a decision.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

<=10%Cohort of 34 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 326%

School 26% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 428%

School 28% · district not reported

even with state median

Grade 538%

School 38% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 616%

School 16% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 719%

School 19% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 89%

School 9% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 335%

School 35% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 428%

School 28% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 526%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 622%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 726%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 818%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median

Science

Grade 321%

School 21% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 421%

School 21% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 520%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 616%

School 16% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 719%

School 19% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 815%

School 15% · district not reported

even with state median

Social studies

Grade 313%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 413%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 514%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 613%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 712%

School 12% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 813%

School 13% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolRed River 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.