G. W. Carver Primary School

G. W. Carver Primary School is an average-sized elementary school in Gonzales, Louisiana, overseen by Ascension Parish. The school hosts 487 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Ascension Parish comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 23,743 students; G. W. Carver Primary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, G. W. Carver Primary School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Ascension Parish's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), G. W. Carver Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.8%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the area at large, Ascension Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $91,549, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Ascension Parish's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), G. W. Carver Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Gonzales Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around G. W. Carver Primary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts G. W. Carver Primary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

G. W. Carver Primary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at G. W. Carver Primary School has edged down 16%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 13% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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