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Louisiana State Penitentiary
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School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Louisiana State Penitentiary
School Type Special education school
Grades Offered Grades 10 - 12
Parish West Feliciana Parish, LA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 10 students
% Male / % Female 100%  /  0%
Total Classroom Teachers 1 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 12 - 10 students
This School
(LA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:10 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(LA) School Average
% American Indian n/a 1%
% Asian n/a n/a
% Hispanic n/a 1%
% Black 80% 35%
% White 20% 61%
Additional Student Information
This School
(LA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 60% 54%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 10% 8%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a 1%
School Performance:
(LA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Special #1 School District
This School's Agency
(LA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 30 13
Number of Students Managed 665 students 5,056 students
District Total Revenue n/a $50,046,000
District Expenditure n/a $50,277,000
District Revenue / Student n/a $9,898
District Expenditure / Student n/a $9,944
In the News:
  • Warden, legislators look at Angola, budget (The Advocate)
    posted on November 21, 2009 at 06:20:31 am
    Angola’s warden Burl Cain told a group of legislators Friday that there are about 200 prisoners he would send home if he could. At an average cost of $54.50 a day to house a state prisoner, those 200 are costing the state about $4 million a year.
  • Supervisors give OK for penal farm (Laurel Leader-Call)
    posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:55:44 pm
    The Jones County Sheriff’s Department is a step closer in establishing an inmate-operated garden on Highway 11 near the Jones County Adult Detention Center.
  • One brave child abuse victim speaks out, and her father goes to prison (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
    posted on November 15, 2009 at 11:17:14 am
    Sexually assaulted at age 8 by her father in her Gretna home, Rachel Fletcher did something rare and courageous: She told a concerned relative what happened. And when the case came to trial in a Jefferson Parish court two years later, she bravely testified against her father.
  • Couple accused of taking child (McComb Enterprise-Journal)
    posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:59:08 pm
    A Meadville woman has been charged with kidnapping, and her husband faces charges of child endangerment and resisting arrest by flight in the alleged abduction of a child Sunday, Amite County sheriff’s officials said.
  • Top 10 Current and World Events (Western Carolinian)
    posted on November 9, 2009 at 06:30:18 am
    10. RESTON, Virginia (CNN) -- William Kim still calls the cell phone of his son, a 21-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, just to hear his voice. He feels cheated out of a chance to save his only boy.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (70712)
School Zip (70712)
(LA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 5,516 people 4,372,444 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 1% 16%
Population Average Age 37 years old 34 years old
Average Household size 2.9 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $45,107 $31,814
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.1 rooms 5.1 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 35 years old 40 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (70712)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 40% / 60% 64% / 36%
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1. Louisiana State Penitentiary - Ssd #1 - 7 students - view location
2. Tunica Elementary School - 129 students - 2.7 mi. away - view location
3. Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary School - 364 students - 9.7 mi. away - view location
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