Creswell Elementary School

As a small elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana, Creswell Elementary School works with 325 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Caddo Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 453.

Within Caddo Parish, which oversees 57 schools and 32,649 students, Creswell Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Creswell Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Creswell Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Caddo Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Creswell Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.6%; Creswell Elementary School posts 10.7%, -14.9 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Caddo Parish indicate median household income runs about $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Creswell Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Caddo Parish (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students).

C.E. Byrd High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Creswell Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Creswell Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 12% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.