📍 805 Teurlings Drive, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, 70501
David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy is a Technical/Vocational serving high age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 1,388 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Parish school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1. 66% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 8 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy enrolls 1,388 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 36% Black or African American and 4.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 742 | 53% |
| Black or African American | 506 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 42 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
703 of the school's 1,388 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 548 qualify for free lunch and 155 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-60, state senate district 24, state house district 44.
David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy is one of 45 schools in Lafayette Parish, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 29,396 students district-wide and employs 1,764 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,388 students, David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy is larger than the district average of about 653 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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