Central Park Elementary School

Central Park Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Bossier City, Louisiana, overseen by Bossier Parish. The school instructs 431 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Bossier Parish, which oversees 34 schools and 22,233 students, Central Park Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Central Park Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Central Park Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bossier Parish (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.9%, the actual is 16.3%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bossier Parish put the typical household earns roughly $69,617 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Bossier Parish runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,233 students), of which Central Park Elementary School is one.

Rusheon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Park Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Central Park Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 16.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Central Park Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 431). Black enrollment moved from 67% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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