North Webster Upper Elementary School

Located at 6245 Hwy. 160, in Cotton Valley, Louisiana, North Webster Upper Elementary School is a very small K-5 school that teaches 140 students (grades 3 through 5), part of Webster Parish. That puts it 69% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

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

In terms of who attends, North Webster Upper Elementary School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 21% Black, 5% 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 employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting North Webster Upper Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, North Webster Upper Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.0%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Webster Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $41,182 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Webster Parish's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,967 students), North Webster Upper Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Webster Junior High School, around 5.9 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Webster Upper Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 21.7%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Webster Upper Elementary School has decreased 24%, going from 184 students in 2018 to 140 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 82% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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