Leonville Elementary School

Leonville Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Leonville, Louisiana, one of the schools within St. Landry Parish. Current enrollment sits at 616 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 36% bigger than typical.

St. Landry Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 10,982 students. Leonville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Leonville Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest breaks down as 30% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, St. Landry Parish as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Leonville Elementary School lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than St. Landry Parish's rate of about 80%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Leonville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Landry Parish put median household earnings sit near $44,462, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Across St. Landry Parish's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), Leonville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Beau Chene High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Leonville Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Leonville Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 13% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 616). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 34% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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