Glendale Elementary School

Glendale Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in Eunice, Louisiana, one of the schools within St. Landry Parish, with 259 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

St. Landry Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 10,982 students. Glendale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Glendale Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 43% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at Glendale Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Landry Parish runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glendale Elementary 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 21.4%; Glendale Elementary School posts 37.7%, +16.2 points above that line.

Around the school, St. Landry Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $44,462, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Glendale Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eunice Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Glendale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glendale Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Glendale Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 259). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 54% to 46%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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