Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School

Families in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, are served by Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School, a very small elementary school. It teaches 155 students in pre-K through 2. It has 66% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).

Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School is one of the 30 schools that make up Lafourche Parish (13,326 students in total).

Of every 100 students at Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School, about 64 are White. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 5% multiracial. Lafourche Parish's residents are about 75% White, 11 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School scores 54%.

The school has 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 14.0:1. The school reported 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Lafourche Parish.

In Lafourche Parish, home to about 96,252 people, the median household earns about $63,135 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School shares Lafourche Parish with 31 other public schools.

Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 20%.

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