📍 3565 Highway 71, Coushatta, Red River Parish, 71019
Ware Youth Center is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Coushatta, Red River Parish. The school has 80 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Red River Parish school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.7:1. The four-year graduation rate is 5%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ware Youth Center enrolls 80 students across grades K–12. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 24% White and 1.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 59 | 74% |
| White | 19 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
17 of the school's 80 students (21%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 17 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Ware Youth Center is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-40, state senate district 31, state house district 22.
Ware Youth Center is one of 5 schools in Red River Parish, based in Coushatta, Louisiana. The district serves 1,243 students district-wide and employs 107 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 80 students, Ware Youth Center is smaller than the district average of about 249 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote