Big Bend, Louisiana

Big Bend was named from its location on a meander of the Bayou Des Glaises.^[2]

Local public schools are managed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board.^[3]

According to Zoning in Avoyelles, youth in Big Bend are zoned to attend:

• Riverside Elementary School, Simmesport
• Avoyelles High School, Moreauville

Schools without zoning:

• Avoyelles Public Charter School, Mansura
• Nazarene Christian Academy, Marksville
• Sacred Heart School, Moreauville
• St. Anthony of Padua School, Bunkie
• St. Joseph School, Plaucheville
• St. Mary's School, Cottonport

Magnet Schools:

• Bunkie Magnet High School, Bunkie
• LASAS (Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences), Bunkie