Haynesville Elementary School

Set in Haynesville, Louisiana, Haynesville Elementary School is an intimate elementary school, run under Claiborne Parish. It teaches 304 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Haynesville Elementary School sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Claiborne Parish, which oversees 6 schools and 1,616 students, Haynesville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Haynesville Elementary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 36% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Haynesville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.1%; this one delivers 26.3%.

In the area at large, Claiborne Parish reports that median household income runs about $32,831, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across Claiborne Parish's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,616 students), Haynesville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Haynesville Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Haynesville Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 304). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 55% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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