East Leesville Early Childhood Center

East Leesville Early Childhood Center is one of the rural-scale elementary-level communitys in Leesville, Louisiana, overseen by Vernon Parish, with 176 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 453.

Within Vernon Parish, which oversees 18 schools and 7,887 students, East Leesville Early Childhood Center is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, East Leesville Early Childhood Center reports that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Black, 18% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, Vernon Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $57,270, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. East Leesville Early Childhood Center is one of 18 public schools in Vernon Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,887 students).

Leesville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around East Leesville Early Childhood Center.

East Leesville Early Childhood Center operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Leesville Early Childhood Center has fell 64%, going from 488 students in 2018 to 176 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 8% to 4% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the East Leesville Early Childhood Center community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.