Pineville Elementary School

Pineville Elementary School is a close-knit intermediate school in Pineville, Louisiana, operated by Rapides Parish. The school serves 252 students in grades 4 through 6. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

Pineville Elementary School is one of 43 schools operated by Rapides Parish, a district that serves 21,340 students overall.

Demographically, Pineville Elementary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 23% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pineville Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Rapides Parish runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Pineville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.9%, the actual is 16.7%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rapides Parish put median household income runs about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Pineville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pineville High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Pineville Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pineville Elementary School has edged down 11%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 252 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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