Boley Elementary School

Boley Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in West Monroe, Louisiana, operated by Ouachita Parish. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Ouachita Parish runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 17,435 students. Boley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Boley Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Boley Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Ouachita Parish's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Boley Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Louisiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 27.7%; actual is 49.3%, +21.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Ouachita Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $54,688 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ouachita Parish's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students), Boley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

West Monroe High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Boley Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Boley Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 38% since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 279). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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