Bunkie Magnet High School

Bunkie Magnet High School is a high school in Bunkie, LA with 702 students enrolled in grades 7-12. It is part of the Avoyelles Parish school district. That headcount is above the 508-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 55% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 6 points above the 50% average for the Avoyelles Parish school district. Against the 44% Louisiana statewide average, the school sits 12 points higher.

The district proficiency rate this school inherits has held roughly steady over the last three reported years. As a high school, it reports a 70% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 24.2 to 1, near the high end of the national distribution; NCES counts every certified teacher, so this figure includes specialists as well as classroom staff. 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a majority-low-income enrollment. It is a magnet school, a district-run campus with a specialized theme that draws students from across attendance boundaries.