Ferriday Lower Elementary School

Ferriday Lower Elementary School is one of the compact primary schools in Ferriday, Louisiana, overseen by Concordia Parish, with 313 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Concordia Parish comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 2,911 students; Ferriday Lower Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ferriday Lower Elementary School reports that nearly all students (86%) are Black. Other groups include 8% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ferriday Lower Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Concordia Parish (around 80%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Concordia Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $39,943, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Ferriday Lower Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Concordia Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,396 students).

The closest other public school is Ferriday High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Ferriday Lower Elementary School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferriday Lower Elementary School has edged down 12%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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