Martial Billeaud Elementary School

Martial Billeaud Elementary School is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Broussard, Louisiana, overseen by Lafayette Parish, works with 572 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Lafayette Parish runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 29,396 students. Martial Billeaud Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Martial Billeaud Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lafayette Parish as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lafayette Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Martial Billeaud Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.0%; this one delivers 50.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lafayette Parish) shows that median household income runs about $67,451, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lafayette Parish runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), of which Martial Billeaud Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Broussard Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martial Billeaud Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

Martial Billeaud Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

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