Galliano Elementary School

As a cozy K-5 school in Galliano, Louisiana, Galliano Elementary School works with 383 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Lafourche Parish.

Galliano Elementary School is one of 30 schools operated by Lafourche Parish, a district that enrolls 13,326 students overall.

On demographics, Galliano Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Galliano Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Galliano Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lafourche Parish (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Galliano Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of +8.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lafourche Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $63,135 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Lafourche Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students), of which Galliano Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Lafourche High School, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Galliano Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 23% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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