Chackbay Elementary School

Set in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Chackbay Elementary School is a compact elementary-level community, run under Lafourche Parish. It serves 344 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Within Lafourche Parish, which oversees 30 schools and 13,326 students, Chackbay Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Chackbay Elementary School shows that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest breaks down as 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lafourche Parish runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Chackbay Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lafourche Parish shows median household earnings sit near $63,135, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Chackbay Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Lafourche Parish (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students).

The closest other public school is Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chackbay Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chackbay Elementary School has edged down 7%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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