North DeSoto Lower Elementary School

North DeSoto Lower Elementary School is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Stonewall, Louisiana, one of the schools within DeSoto Parish, with 523 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1.

DeSoto Parish comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,923 students; North DeSoto Lower Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, North DeSoto Lower Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, De Soto Parish as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, North DeSoto Lower Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against De Soto Parish (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for De Soto Parish put median household earnings sit near $48,578, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North DeSoto Lower Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in De Soto Parish (combined enrollment of about 4,923 students).

The closest other public school is North DeSoto High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. North DeSoto Lower Elementary School's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 523). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.