Schools in Mathews · Lafourche Parish School District
Mathews’s public schools beat 85% of Louisiana districts
The public schools Mathews’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 85% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
62%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
49%
▲ 9 pts vs LA 40%
2020–21
Math proficiency
31%
▲ 2 pts vs LA 29%
2020–21
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 13 pts vs LA 84%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$12.8K
▼ 18% vs LA $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
22.9
LA 13.7
Schools
1
1,307 students
The School Grade
How Mathews compares
A− Test scoresA− Graduation
Louisiana school districts we grade (188)Better than 85%
Lower resultsHigher results
Louisiana towns with similar household incomes (109)Better than 62%
High confidence. Built on 7,471 tested students and a graduating class of 884; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Louisiana’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Louisiana only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Mathews.
12 schools teach Pre-K in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Thibodaux Elementary School, Bayou Blue Elementary School, Lockport Lower Elementary School and Cut Off Elementary School and more.
12 schools teach K in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Thibodaux Elementary School, Bayou Blue Elementary School, Lockport Lower Elementary School and Cut Off Elementary School and more.
12 schools teach 1st grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Thibodaux Elementary School, Bayou Blue Elementary School, Lockport Lower Elementary School and Cut Off Elementary School and more.
12 schools teach 2nd grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: W.S. Lafargue Elementary School, Bayou Blue Elementary School, Lockport Lower Elementary School and Cut Off Elementary School and more.
12 schools teach 3rd grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: W.S. Lafargue Elementary School, Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School, Cut Off Elementary School and Galliano Elementary School and more.
12 schools teach 4th grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School, Cut Off Elementary School, C.M. Washington Elementary School and Galliano Elementary School and more.
12 schools teach 5th grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School, Cut Off Elementary School, C.M. Washington Elementary School and Galliano Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 6th grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Thibodaux Middle School, Larose-Cut Off Middle School, Bayou Blue Middle School and Lockport Middle School and more.
7 schools teach 7th grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Thibodaux Middle School, Larose-Cut Off Middle School, Bayou Blue Middle School and Lockport Middle School and more.
7 schools teach 8th grade in Mathews’s district. Which one depends on your address: Thibodaux Middle School, Larose-Cut Off Middle School, Bayou Blue Middle School and Lockport Middle School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–512 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
512 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–87 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Central Lafourche High SchoolLafourche Parish School District
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading49%
State average 40.1%
Math31%
State average 28.7%
Every school in Mathews
1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
High
Also serving Mathews · in other towns
Thibodaux Elementary School
575 students14:1Rate it →
Bayou Blue Elementary School
454 students15:1Rate it →
Lockport Lower Elementary School
429 students15:1Rate it →
Cut Off Elementary School
B+395 students14:1Rate it →
Galliano Elementary School
B+383 students16:1Rate it →
South Larose Elementary School
B+349 students14:1Rate it →
Chackbay Elementary School
A344 students14:1Rate it →
Raceland Lower Elementary School
330 students14:1Rate it →
St. Charles Elementary School
A253 students15:1Rate it →
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School
B+209 students13:1Rate it →
North Larose Elementary School
A202 students11:1Rate it →
Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School
155 students17:1Rate it →
Parents talk
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Mathews
There’s no college in Mathews, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Fletcher Technical Community College in Schriever, 15.4 miles away.
Fletcher Technical Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Schriever
15.4 mi1,067 students
Nicholls State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Thibodaux
16.7 mi4,765 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Mathews. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Louisiana. Stars are from neighbors.