Ruston Elementary School

Ruston Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Ruston, Louisiana, one of the schools within Lincoln Parish. Current enrollment sits at 359 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 21% leaner than typical.

Within Lincoln Parish, which oversees 12 schools and 5,601 students, Ruston Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Ruston Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 30% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ruston Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 33.7%, a residual of -5.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lincoln Parish put the typical household earns roughly $39,172 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ruston Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Lincoln Parish (combined enrollment of about 6,360 students).

Howard School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ruston Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ruston Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

Ruston Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 15%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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