Denham Springs Elementary School

Denham Springs Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus in Denham Springs, Louisiana, overseen by Livingston Parish. The school serves 678 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Denham Springs Elementary School sits 50% above that benchmark.

Livingston Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 27,209 students. Denham Springs Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Denham Springs Elementary School logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Livingston Parish as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Denham Springs Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Denham Springs Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 48.3%, a residual of +20.9 points.

In the area at large, Livingston Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $80,122, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Livingston Parish runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), of which Denham Springs Elementary School is one.

Denham Springs Freshman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Denham Springs Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Denham Springs Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Denham Springs Elementary School has expanded 45%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 678 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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