Belle Rose Primary School

Belle Rose Primary School operates as a rural-scale K-5 school in Belle Rose, Louisiana, part of Assumption Parish. Current enrollment sits at 155 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 453.

Assumption Parish runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,701 students. Belle Rose Primary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Belle Rose Primary School records that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 7% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Assumption Parish as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Belle Rose Primary School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Assumption Parish runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Belle Rose Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.4%; this one delivers 13.3%.

In the broader community, Assumption Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $51,423, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Assumption Parish runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,701 students), of which Belle Rose Primary School is one.

The closest other public school is Belle Rose Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Belle Rose Primary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 21.5%.

Belle Rose Primary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Belle Rose Primary School's enrollment has decreased 38% since 2018, when it stood at 249 (now 155). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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