Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Set in Provencal, Louisiana, Provencal Elementary & Junior High School is a mid-sized elementary school, operated by Natchitoches Parish. It works with 444 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 13 schools in Natchitoches Parish (4,792 students total), Provencal Elementary & Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Provencal Elementary & Junior High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest consists of 23% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Natchitoches Parish as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Provencal Elementary & Junior High School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Provencal Elementary & Junior High School ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 20.3%; Provencal Elementary & Junior High School posts 51.0%, +30.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Natchitoches Parish shows median household income runs about $46,292, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Natchitoches Parish runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students), of which Provencal Elementary & Junior High School is one.

Natchitoches Central High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Provencal Elementary & Junior High School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School has showed little movement, going from 452 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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