Grolee Elementary School

As a mid-sized primary school in Opelousas, Louisiana, Grolee Elementary School educates 404 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by St. Landry Parish.

Across the 32 schools in St. Landry Parish (10,982 students total), Grolee Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Grolee Elementary School logs that nearly all students (93%) are Black; the rest looks like 4% White, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Grolee Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Grolee Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.3%; this one delivers 14.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Landry Parish put median household income runs about $44,462, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Grolee Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students).

JS Clark Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grolee Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Grolee Elementary School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 404). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 9% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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