Buckeye Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Deville, Louisiana, Buckeye Elementary School caters to 419 students from grades pre-K through 2, one of the schools within Rapides Parish.

Buckeye Elementary School is one of 43 schools operated by Rapides Parish, a district that caters to 21,340 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Buckeye Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, Buckeye Elementary School logs 31 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. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Rapides Parish's rate of about 77%.

Zooming out to the county, Rapides Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $54,967, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Buckeye Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Buckeye Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 444 (now 419). The White share of enrollment declined from 97% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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