Bains Elementary School

Bains Elementary School is an expansive elementary-level community in St. Francisville, Louisiana, part of West Feliciana Parish. The school works with 801 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Within West Feliciana Parish, which oversees 4 schools and 2,145 students, Bains Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bains Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, On paper, Bains Elementary School has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Bains Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +3.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (West Feliciana Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $77,452, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across West Feliciana Parish's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,145 students), Bains Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Feliciana Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bains Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Bains Elementary School's enrollment has increased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 801). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Bains Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.