Cypress Springs Elementary School

Cypress Springs Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Ruston, Louisiana, operated by Lincoln Parish. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Within Lincoln Parish, which oversees 12 schools and 5,601 students, Cypress Springs Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cypress Springs Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment; the rest reads as 24% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Cypress Springs Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Cypress Springs Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lincoln Parish runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cypress Springs Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.1%; this one delivers 32.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lincoln Parish put median household income runs about $39,172, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Lincoln Parish's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,360 students), Cypress Springs Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

I.A. Lewis School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cypress Springs Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 28% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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