Marksville Elementary School

As a moderately sized primary school in Marksville, Louisiana, Marksville Elementary School teaches 625 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Avoyelles Parish. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Across the 10 schools in Avoyelles Parish (4,794 students total), Marksville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Marksville Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 35% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Avoyelles Parish as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Avoyelles Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marksville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.4%, the actual is 23.3%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Avoyelles Parish put median household income runs about $39,325, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Avoyelles Parish runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,726 students), of which Marksville Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Marksville High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Marksville Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

Marksville Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marksville Elementary School has edged up 9%, going from 574 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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