Cankton Elementary School

Cankton Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Cankton, Louisiana, overseen by St. Landry Parish. The school instructs 504 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Within St. Landry Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 10,982 students, Cankton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cankton Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Cankton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Cankton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.8%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Landry Parish indicate median household income runs about $44,462, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across St. Landry Parish's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), Cankton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Carencro Middle School, roughly 4.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Cankton Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Cankton Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cankton Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 504). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.