Shady Grove Elementary School

Shady Grove Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus in Monroe, Louisiana, run under Ouachita Parish. The school educates 195 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

Across the 36 schools in Ouachita Parish (17,435 students total), Shady Grove Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Shady Grove Elementary School lists that nearly all students (96%) are Black; the rest looks like 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Shady Grove Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Shady Grove Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ouachita Parish (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Shady Grove Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.6%; this one delivers 6.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ouachita Parish) reports that median household income runs about $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ouachita Parish runs 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students), of which Shady Grove Elementary School is one.

Berg Jones Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shady Grove Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 13.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 27%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 195 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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