Jesse Owens Elementary School

Jesse Owens Elementary School operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in Gueydan, Louisiana, overseen by Vermilion Parish. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 453.

Vermilion Parish runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 8,433 students. Jesse Owens Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jesse Owens Elementary School shows that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Jesse Owens Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jesse Owens Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.9%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Vermilion Parish) logs that median household earnings sit near $55,707, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vermilion Parish's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students), Jesse Owens Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Gueydan High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jesse Owens Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 180 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Jesse Owens Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.