North Webster Lower Elementary School

North Webster Lower Elementary School is a tiny elementary campus in Shongaloo, Louisiana, operated by Webster Parish. The school educates 118 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 453.

Webster Parish runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 4,967 students. North Webster Lower Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Webster Lower Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Webster Parish as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting North Webster Lower Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Webster Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Webster Parish indicate median household income runs about $41,182, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Webster Parish runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,967 students), of which North Webster Lower Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is North Webster Junior High School, roughly 9.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

North Webster Lower Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Webster Lower Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 170 (now 118). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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