Pecan Grove Primary School

Pecan Grove Primary School is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in Gonzales, Louisiana, overseen by Ascension Parish, serveing 508 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Ascension Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 23,743 students, Pecan Grove Primary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pecan Grove Primary School shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Pecan Grove Primary School shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ascension Parish (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pecan Grove Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 41.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ascension Parish put the typical household earns roughly $91,549 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Pecan Grove Primary School is one.

East Ascension High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pecan Grove Primary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pecan Grove Primary School has ticked down 4%, going from 528 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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