Morehouse Elementary School

Morehouse Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Bastrop, Louisiana, operated by Morehouse Parish. Current enrollment sits at 509 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Morehouse Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Morehouse Parish, a district that caters to 3,082 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Morehouse Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). Other groups include 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Morehouse Elementary School logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at Morehouse Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Morehouse Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, Morehouse Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $39,454, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Morehouse Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,082 students), of which Morehouse Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Morehouse Magnet School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Morehouse Elementary School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Morehouse Elementary School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 509). The White share of enrollment contracted from 9% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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