Grand Coteau Elementary School

Grand Coteau Elementary School is one of the small primary schools in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, run under St. Landry Parish, with 269 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Grand Coteau Elementary School sits 41% below that benchmark.

St. Landry Parish comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 10,982 students; Grand Coteau Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Grand Coteau Elementary School lists that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 43% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Grand Coteau Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Grand Coteau Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grand Coteau Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.5%; this one delivers 35.0%.

Around the school, census data for St. Landry Parish shows median household income runs about $44,462, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, St. Landry Parish runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), of which Grand Coteau Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ecole Saint-Landry, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grand Coteau Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 55% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.