Montegut Elementary School

Montegut Elementary School is one of the modestly sized primary schools in Montegut, Louisiana, part of Terrebonne Parish, with 187 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Terrebonne Parish comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 15,168 students; Montegut Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Montegut Elementary School records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 21% multiracial, 20% Native American, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Terrebonne Parish as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Montegut Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 81% of students at Montegut Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montegut Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

In the surrounding community, Terrebonne Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $64,836, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Montegut Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Terrebonne Parish (combined enrollment of about 15,201 students).

Montegut Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Montegut Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montegut Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 243 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.