Lacoste Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Chalmette, Louisiana, Lacoste Elementary School enrolls 621 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within St. Bernard Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 37% larger than the state mean of about 453.

Within St. Bernard Parish, which oversees 12 schools and 7,592 students, Lacoste Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lacoste Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Lacoste 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), Lacoste Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 43.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Bernard Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $58,651, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Lacoste Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in St. Bernard Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: Chalmette High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lacoste Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lacoste Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 731 (now 621). The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lacoste Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.