📍 1100 E Leo Street, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, 70570
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish. The school has 258 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Landry Parish school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 95%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts enrolls 258 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 33% male and 67% female. A teaching staff of 22.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 41% White and 3.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 136 | 53% |
| White | 106 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
134 of the school's 258 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 134 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 40.
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is one of 35 schools in St. Landry Parish, based in Opelousas, Louisiana. The district serves 10,982 students district-wide and employs 753 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 258 students, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is smaller than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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