Gray's Creek Elementary School

Gray's Creek Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school in Denham Springs, Louisiana, part of Livingston Parish. The school educates 475 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Livingston Parish comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 27,209 students; Gray's Creek Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Gray's Creek Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest is composed of 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Livingston Parish as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Gray's Creek Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Gray's Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Gray's Creek Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Livingston Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,122 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Livingston Parish's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), Gray's Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Juban Parc Junior High School, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gray's Creek Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gray's Creek Elementary School has shrank 10%, going from 526 students in 2018 to 475 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 81% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.