East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School

As a mid-tier middle-grades school in Natchitoches, Louisiana, East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School serves 383 students from grades 5 through 6, operated by Natchitoches Parish.

Natchitoches Parish runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,792 students. East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Black. Other groups include 7% White, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Natchitoches Parish runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 13.4%; East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School posts 28.3%, +14.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Natchitoches Parish reports that median household income runs about $46,292, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Natchitoches Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students).

Nearest neighbor: M.R. Weaver Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.

East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School's enrollment has edged up 40% since 2018, when it stood at 273 (now 383). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 81% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.