Bluff Ridge Primary

Bluff Ridge Primary is a moderately sized K-5 school in Prairieville, Louisiana, operated by Ascension Parish. The school serves 677 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 49% bigger than the state mean of about 453.

Ascension Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 23,743 students. Bluff Ridge Primary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bluff Ridge Primary logs that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 23% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ascension Parish (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bluff Ridge Primary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.7%.

Across the wider county, Ascension Parish reports that median household income runs about $91,549, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Bluff Ridge Primary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dutchtown High School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bluff Ridge Primary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

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