Lake Elementary School

Located at 14185 Hwy 431, in St. Amant, Louisiana, Lake Elementary School is a big elementary-level community that serves 1,096 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Ascension Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 142% bigger than the state mean of about 453.

Within Ascension Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 23,743 students, Lake Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lake Elementary School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lake Elementary School has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +2.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ascension Parish put the typical household earns roughly $91,549 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Lake Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Central Middle School, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 24%: 887 students in 2018 compared to 1,096 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 92% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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