Dozier Elementary School

Located at 415 West Primeaux, in Erath, Louisiana, Dozier Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that caters to 556 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Vermilion Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Dozier Elementary School sits 23% above that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Vermilion Parish (8,433 students total), Dozier Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dozier Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Vermilion Parish's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, Dozier Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Vermilion Parish) records that median household income runs about $55,707, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Vermilion Parish's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students), Dozier Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Erath Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Dozier Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dozier Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dozier Elementary School has shrank 4%, going from 579 students in 2018 to 556 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 88% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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