Sallie Humble Elementary School

Sallie Humble Elementary School, a moderately sized K-5 school in Monroe, Louisiana, part of City of Monroe School District, teaches 579 students, covering grades 3 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 453.

Sallie Humble Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by City of Monroe School District, a district that serves 8,033 students overall.

On demographics, Sallie Humble Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at school resources, Sallie Humble Elementary School shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at Sallie Humble Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ouachita Parish runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sallie Humble Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 47.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ouachita Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $54,688 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Sallie Humble Elementary School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

The closest other public school is Sherrouse School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sallie Humble Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sallie Humble Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 17.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 50% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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