Prien, LA schools
Prien’s public schools score above Louisiana’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 40.1% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.1%. Kids attend St. John Elementary School through grade 5, then one of 14 schools and one of 11 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Prien’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Prien’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 81% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Louisiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Louisiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Louisiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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 Prien kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Above the state in reading
95% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #31 of 161 LA towns →
The district serving Prien
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Prien
There’s no college in Prien, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is McNeese State University in Lake Charles, 3.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Prien. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
All 1 school in Prien
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Prien kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Prien’s district that are located in Lake Charles, Iowa, Bell City, Sulphur, Westlake and Starks. Which one depends on your address.