North DeSoto Upper Elementary School

North DeSoto Upper Elementary School is an elementary school of big scale in Stonewall, Louisiana, run under DeSoto Parish, teacheing 807 students in grades 2 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 78% bigger than typical.

Within DeSoto Parish, which oversees 9 schools and 4,923 students, North DeSoto Upper Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, North DeSoto Upper Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 18% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, De Soto Parish as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at North DeSoto Upper Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, De Soto Parish runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, North DeSoto Upper Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.4%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for De Soto Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $48,578, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across De Soto Parish's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,923 students), North DeSoto Upper Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North DeSoto High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around North DeSoto Upper Elementary School. On composite proficiency, North DeSoto Upper Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. North DeSoto Upper Elementary School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 754 (now 807). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.