Port Allen Elementary School

Port Allen Elementary School is one of the modestly sized primary schools in Port Allen, Louisiana, one of the schools within West Baton Rouge Parish, with 345 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 453.

West Baton Rouge Parish comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,153 students; Port Allen Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Port Allen Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%). The remainder breaks down as 10% White, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, West Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Port Allen Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, West Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for West Baton Rouge Parish shows median household earnings sit near $87,299, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across West Baton Rouge Parish's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,153 students), Port Allen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Port Allen Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Port Allen Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 345). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.