Raceland Lower Elementary School

Raceland Lower Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Raceland, Louisiana, run under Lafourche Parish. Current enrollment sits at 330 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 453.

Across the 30 schools in Lafourche Parish (13,326 students total), Raceland Lower Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Raceland Lower Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 39% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lafourche Parish (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lafourche Parish indicate median household income runs about $63,135, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Raceland Lower Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Lafourche Parish (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students).

Nearest neighbor: Raceland Upper Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 330 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 43% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.