Northside Elementary School

Set in Denham Springs, Louisiana, Northside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus, operated by Livingston Parish. It serves 466 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Livingston Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 27,209 students. Northside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Northside Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 39% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Northside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Northside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.9%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Livingston Parish indicate median household income runs about $80,122, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Livingston Parish's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), Northside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Denham Springs High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northside Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northside Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

Northside Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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