Parks Primary School

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Parks Primary School caters to 373 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of St. Martin Parish.

St. Martin Parish runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 6,680 students. Parks Primary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parks Primary School logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 39% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Martin Parish runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Parks Primary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 15.3%; this one delivers 42.3%, a residual of +27.0 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Martin Parish put the typical household earns roughly $55,960 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Parks Primary School is one of 16 public schools in St. Martin Parish (combined enrollment of about 6,696 students).

The closest other public school is Parks Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Parks Primary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parks Primary School has decreased 9%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 60% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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