Lerosen Preparatory Academy

Public school · Lafayette, Louisiana

Lerosen Preparatory Academy in Lafayette, Louisiana enrolled 590 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22. On the state tests, 4% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 5% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Louisiana: 42.4% and 34%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was under 50% (Louisiana: 82.6%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

One counselor per 59 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Lerosen Preparatory Academy enrolled 118 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 171 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 59 of the 118 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions171
  • Chronically absent72.0% (2022-23)

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Lerosen Preparatory Academy scored proficient or above: 4% in reading in 2021-22 and 5% in math in 2022-23, against 42.4% in reading in 2021-22 and 34% in math in 2022-23 across Louisiana. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Louisiana, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtLouisiana
Reading and language arts, 2021-224%49%42.4%
Math, 2022-235%44% (2021-22)34%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

under 50% of the 11 students in Lerosen Preparatory Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82.6% across Louisiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtLouisiana
Four-year graduation rateunder 50%86%82.6%
Students in the class112,29050,762

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

Schools of this kind in Lafayette

2 public schools of this kind in Lafayette report 2024-25 enrollment; Lerosen Preparatory Academy is number 2 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy2,17720.572.9%
Lerosen Preparatory Academy59022.376.4%

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Lerosen Preparatory Academy

  1. Lafayette Renaissance Charter AcademyThe nearest public school of this kind, 4.0 miles away: 2,177 students, 20.5 per teacher (2024-25).4.0 mi
  2. Acadiana Renaissance Charter AcademyThe next nearest public school of this kind, 8.3 miles away: 3,669 students, 17.7 per teacher (2024-25).8.3 mi
  3. Compare Lerosen Preparatory Academy with Lafayette Renaissance Charter AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Lafayette Parish spends per student$12,386 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,386
  5. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Lerosen Preparatory Academy

  1. How many students attend Lerosen Preparatory Academy?
    590 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data. It is an alternative school in Lafayette, LA.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Lerosen Preparatory Academy?
    22.3 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Lerosen Preparatory Academy a Title I school?
    Lerosen Preparatory Academy ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Lerosen Preparatory Academy do on state tests?
    The students tested at Lerosen Preparatory Academy scored proficient or above: 4% in reading in 2021-22 and 5% in math in 2022-23, against 42.4% in reading in 2021-22 and 34% in math in 2022-23 across Louisiana. Louisiana's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Lerosen Preparatory Academy?
    under 50% of the 11 students in Lerosen Preparatory Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82.6% across Louisiana. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Lerosen Preparatory Academy in?
    Lafayette Parish, NCES district ID 2200870. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 220087001397 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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