J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School

Set in Pineville, Louisiana, J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School is a high-enrollment K-5 school, one of the schools within Rapides Parish. It caters to 924 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 104% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School is one of 43 schools operated by Rapides Parish, a district that serves 21,340 students overall.

Demographically, J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. Compared to Rapides Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Rapides Parish's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

Around the school, census data for Rapides Parish shows median household earnings sit near $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pineville Junior High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School has shrank 3%, going from 952 students in 2018 to 924 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 59%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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