N.S.U. Elementary Lab School

As a close-knit elementary campus in Natchitoches, Louisiana, N.S.U. Elementary Lab School hosts 290 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Natchitoches Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so N.S.U. Elementary Lab School sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Natchitoches Parish runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,792 students. N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, N.S.U. Elementary Lab School logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Natchitoches Parish runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, N.S.U. Elementary Lab School sits in the top 10% of Louisiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.5%; actual is 76.3%, +14.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Natchitoches Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $46,292 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is one of 15 public schools in Natchitoches Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students).

Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), N.S.U. Elementary Lab School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.4%.

N.S.U. Elementary Lab School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. N.S.U. Elementary Lab School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 290). Class-load math has tightened: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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