Pine Wood Elementary School

Set in DeRidder, Louisiana, Pine Wood Elementary School is an intimate intermediate school, overseen by Beauregard Parish. It instructs 348 students across grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 21% leaner than typical.

Beauregard Parish runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,915 students. Pine Wood Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pine Wood Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school records 22% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Beauregard Parish as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Pine Wood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -8.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Beauregard Parish indicate median household income runs about $65,944, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Beauregard Parish's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,915 students), Pine Wood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

DeRidder Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Wood Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pine Wood Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 370 (now 348). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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