Cottonport Elementary

As a close-knit primary school in Cottonport, Louisiana, Cottonport Elementary educates 255 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under Avoyelles Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Cottonport Elementary sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Avoyelles Parish (4,794 students total), Cottonport Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Cottonport Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 23% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Avoyelles Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cottonport Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.4%, the actual is 7.7%, a residual of -12.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Avoyelles Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $39,325 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Cottonport Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Avoyelles Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,726 students).

Plaucheville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cottonport Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Cottonport Elementary's enrollment has shrank 39% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 255). The White share of enrollment fell from 31% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.

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