Clara Hall Accelerated School

Clara Hall Accelerated School operates as an intimate elementary-level community in Monroe, Louisiana, one of the schools within City of Monroe School District. Current enrollment sits at 260 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 43% smaller than the state mean of about 453.

Within City of Monroe School District, which oversees 19 schools and 8,033 students, Clara Hall Accelerated School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Clara Hall Accelerated School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). By comparison, Ouachita Parish as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Clara Hall Accelerated School records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Ouachita Parish's rate of about 67%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ouachita Parish put median household income runs about $54,688, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Clara Hall Accelerated School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

The closest other public school is Thomas Jefferson Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clara Hall Accelerated School has fell 27%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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