Ball Elementary School

Set in Ball, Louisiana, Ball Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school, run under Rapides Parish. It educates 387 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Rapides Parish comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,340 students; Ball Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ball Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Rapides Parish as a whole is about 61% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Ball Elementary School records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Ball Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.9%; this one delivers 46.7%, a residual of +22.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Rapides Parish shows median household earnings sit near $54,967, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Ball Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Paradise Elementary School, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ball Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.7%.

Ball Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ball Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 387). White enrollment moved from 85% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.