Bunkie Elementary School

Set in Bunkie, Louisiana, Bunkie Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school, run under Avoyelles Parish. It works with 368 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Avoyelles Parish comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,794 students; Bunkie Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Bunkie Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Avoyelles Parish runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bunkie Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.8%; this one delivers 17.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Avoyelles Parish put median household income runs about $39,325, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Avoyelles Parish's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,726 students), Bunkie Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bunkie Magnet High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bunkie Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

Bunkie Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.