Belle Chasse Elementary School

Belle Chasse Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, part of Plaquemines Parish, with 543 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 4.

Plaquemines Parish runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,510 students. Belle Chasse Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Belle Chasse Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian. Compared to Plaquemines Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Belle Chasse Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.4%; Belle Chasse Elementary School posts 65.0%, +22.6 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Plaquemines Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $86,315, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Plaquemines Parish runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), of which Belle Chasse Elementary School is one.

Belle Chasse Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Belle Chasse Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Belle Chasse Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 50% since 2018, when it stood at 1,079 (now 543). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.