Central Primary School

Central Primary School operates as an average-sized elementary school in Gonzales, Louisiana, one of the schools within Ascension Parish. Current enrollment sits at 626 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Within Ascension Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 23,743 students, Central Primary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Central Primary School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Central Primary School reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 55% of students at Central Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Primary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ascension Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $91,549, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Central Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Central Primary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Central Primary School's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 794 (now 626). Over the same period, the White share fell from 60% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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