Caneview K-8 School

Caneview K-8 School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Port Allen, Louisiana, run under West Baton Rouge Parish, instructs 483 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 10 schools in West Baton Rouge Parish (4,153 students total), Caneview K-8 School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Caneview K-8 School logs that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 37% Black, 13% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, West Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Caneview K-8 School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.

Around the school, census data for West Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $87,299, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across West Baton Rouge Parish's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,153 students), Caneview K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

Rougon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Caneview K-8 School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.