Kinder Elementary School

Kinder Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Kinder, Louisiana, run under Allen Parish, with 524 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Kinder Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Allen Parish, a district that caters to 3,853 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Kinder Elementary School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Black, 9% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allen Parish as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at Kinder Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Kinder Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Allen Parish) logs that median household income runs about $46,469, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allen Parish's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,859 students), Kinder Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kinder Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kinder Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

Kinder Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 579 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.