Rougon Elementary School

Located at 13258 LA Highway 416, in Rougon, Louisiana, Rougon Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that enrolls 414 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Pointe Coupee Parish.

Rougon Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Pointe Coupee Parish, a district that serves 2,293 students overall.

On demographics, Rougon Elementary School shows that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 38% White, 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rougon Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pointe Coupee Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $65,961, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Pointe Coupee Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,293 students), of which Rougon Elementary School is one.

Caneview K-8 School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rougon Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rougon Elementary School has declined 32%, going from 608 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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