Chataignier Elementary School

Chataignier Elementary School, a modestly sized primary school in Chataignier, Louisiana, run under Evangeline Parish, hosts 375 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Evangeline Parish comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,326 students; Chataignier Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Chataignier Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Evangeline Parish (around 72%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chataignier Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Evangeline Parish shows median household earnings sit near $41,915, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chataignier Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Evangeline Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,326 students).

East Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chataignier Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

Chataignier Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Chataignier Elementary School's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 375). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 42% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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