Krotz Springs Elementary School

As a compact elementary campus in Krotz Springs, Louisiana, Krotz Springs Elementary School enrolls 211 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under St. Landry Parish. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Krotz Springs Elementary School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, St. Landry Parish as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than St. Landry Parish's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, Krotz Springs Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.9%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Landry Parish shows median household earnings sit near $44,462, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Landry Parish runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), of which Krotz Springs Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Port Barre Elementary School, around 11.8 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Krotz Springs Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Krotz Springs Elementary School has ticked down 30%, going from 301 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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