The top reported proficiency rate is 24% in English language arts. The lowest is 10% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Breaux Bridge Elementary School
Breaux Bridge Elementary School serves children in third through fifth grade as a regular public school within the St. Martin Parish district. It operates as a neighborhood elementary school in a small city that sits along Bayou Teche in the Lafayette metro area. Breaux Bridge has a historic downtown district with shopping, dining, and a walking tour route, and its commercial corridor runs near the Interstate 10 exit. The city’s population has declined in recent decades, and the community is described as closely knit. The school itself is on a separate campus from the downtown core, alongside a junior high and a high school that serve the same community.
The student body is relatively small for a school covering three grades. Most students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which points to a high-poverty context. The racial and ethnic composition is majority Black, with a substantial share of White students and smaller numbers of Hispanic students and multiracial students. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the school’s records, so a parent who wants to understand how those populations are served would need to ask the school directly.
State testing results from the most recent school year paint a clear picture. Across all four tested subjects, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above is low. In English language arts, roughly one in four students met the bar. In math, about one in seven did. In science, about one in seven. In social studies, about one in ten. These are the school’s own reported figures for the Louisiana LEAP 2025 assessment, and they apply to the three grades the school serves. The school’s multi-year trend data shows only a single year of scores, so it is not possible to see whether performance is moving in any direction. A parent considering this school would want to look into what academic supports and interventions are in place, especially given that the overall proficiency rates are far from the majority mark.
Because Breaux Bridge Elementary is one school within a parish that has only one district, no district-level comparison could be drawn. The data set used for comparison was limited to St. Martin Parish itself, and with only one district in that set, there is no local benchmark. That means the performance numbers stand on their own without a neighboring reference point.
No information was available on programs such as gifted education, arts, or special academic offerings. The school’s website was not provided in the data, and the district brief turned up no recent changes or initiatives of lasting impact that a parent would need to know about. Similarly, civil rights data, discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, and staffing ratios were absent from the record. For a family evaluating this school, those are natural follow-up questions to bring to the school office or the district.
In terms of housing context, the area around Breaux Bridge has home values and rents that are below the national and state averages, making it a relatively affordable place to live. The broader economic conditions show a modest unemployment rate at the national level, but the school’s own poverty rate among families is high.
This is a small elementary school in a small Louisiana town with a clear academic challenge: a large majority of its students are not yet meeting state proficiency standards. The school serves a high-poverty community, and the data available does not provide details on the specific programs or supports it offers to address that challenge. For a parent who lives in Breaux Bridge and is choosing among options, or for a resident trying to understand what the school looks like, the key takeaway is that the academic numbers are well below what most families would consider strong, and many questions about day-to-day school life remain unanswered in the public record.
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