Crescent Elementary/Junior High School

Located at 62575 Bayou Road, in Plaquemine, Louisiana, Crescent Elementary/Junior High School is a cozy K-5 school that hosts 379 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Iberville Parish.

Crescent Elementary/Junior High School is one of 8 schools operated by Iberville Parish, a district that enrolls 4,076 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Crescent Elementary/Junior High School records that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 31% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Crescent Elementary/Junior High School shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crescent Elementary/Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.9%, the actual is 36.0%, a residual of +2.1 points.

In the area at large, Iberville Parish reports that median household income runs about $54,000, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Iberville Parish's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,589 students), Crescent Elementary/Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Iberville Charter Academy, roughly 2.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crescent Elementary/Junior High School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

Crescent Elementary/Junior High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Crescent Elementary/Junior High School's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 379). The White share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.