Little Pearl Elementary School

Located at 63829 Hwy 11, in Pearl River, Louisiana, Little Pearl Elementary School is a very small elementary campus that teaches 98 students (grades pre-K through K), run under St. Tammany Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Little Pearl Elementary School sits 78% below that benchmark.

Across the 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish (35,956 students total), Little Pearl Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Little Pearl Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with St. Tammany Parish as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Tammany Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $81,202, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Little Pearl Elementary School is one of 56 public schools in St. Tammany Parish (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students).

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Little Pearl Elementary School's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 124 (now 98). White enrollment moved from 83% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

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