Lake Arthur Elementary School

Set in Lake Arthur, Louisiana, Lake Arthur Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by Jefferson Davis Parish. It teaches 441 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Lake Arthur Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Jefferson Davis Parish, a district that serves 5,210 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lake Arthur Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder looks like 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lake Arthur Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Lake Arthur Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson Davis Parish reports that median household income runs about $57,341, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Jefferson Davis Parish's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,210 students), Lake Arthur Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake Arthur High School, around 0.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Arthur Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Arthur Elementary School has ticked down 19%, going from 546 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 12% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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