Olla-Standard Elementary School

Olla-Standard Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Olla, Louisiana, one of the schools within LaSalle Parish. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Olla-Standard Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by LaSalle Parish, a district that enrolls 2,520 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Olla-Standard Elementary School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial. By comparison, LaSalle Parish as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Olla-Standard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Olla-Standard Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

In the area at large, census data for LaSalle Parish shows median household earnings sit near $68,497, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Olla-Standard Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in LaSalle Parish (combined enrollment of about 2,520 students).

Nearest neighbor: LaSalle High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Olla-Standard Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Olla-Standard Elementary School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 398). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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