Chitimacha Tribal School

Set in Jeanerette, Louisiana, Chitimacha Tribal School is a rural-scale elementary campus, run under Chitimacha Tribal School. It educates 110 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Chitimacha Tribal School sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.

Chitimacha Tribal School is a school of Chitimacha Tribal School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Chitimacha Tribal School logs that nearly all students (100%) are Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Mary Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for St. Mary Parish shows median household earnings sit near $52,576, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Across St. Mary Parish's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,765 students), Chitimacha Tribal School is one campus in the mix.

Raintree Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Chitimacha Tribal School.

Chitimacha Tribal School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chitimacha Tribal School has held roughly steady, going from 110 students in 2018 to 110 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.