Charles M. Burke Elementary School

Charles M. Burke Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary school in Duson, Louisiana, part of Lafayette Parish, teaches 564 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 453.

Lafayette Parish comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 29,396 students; Charles M. Burke Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Charles M. Burke Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Charles M. Burke Elementary School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Lafayette Parish's rate of about 59%.

With demographic context factored in, Charles M. Burke Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.1%; this one delivers 44.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lafayette Parish put median household income runs about $67,451, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lafayette Parish runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), of which Charles M. Burke Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Judice Middle School, around 2.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Charles M. Burke Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

Charles M. Burke Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles M. Burke Elementary School has edged down 9%, going from 619 students in 2018 to 564 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 29% across the same window.

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