Green T. Lindon Elementary School

As a sprawling K-5 school in Youngsville, Louisiana, Green T. Lindon Elementary School teaches 719 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Lafayette Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Green T. Lindon Elementary School sits 59% above that benchmark.

Lafayette Parish runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,396 students. Green T. Lindon Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Green T. Lindon Elementary School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 29% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lafayette Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Green T. Lindon 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 49.9%; Green T. Lindon Elementary School posts 65.0%, +15.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lafayette Parish put median household income runs about $67,451, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lafayette Parish's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), Green T. Lindon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Youngsville Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Green T. Lindon Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 793 students in 2018 compared to 719 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 74% to 56% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Green T. Lindon Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.