Sorrento Primary School

Sorrento Primary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Sorrento, Louisiana, part of Ascension Parish. Current enrollment sits at 638 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 453.

Ascension Parish comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 23,743 students; Sorrento Primary School is among them.

Demographically, Sorrento Primary School logs that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 40% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Ascension Parish as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ascension Parish (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sorrento Primary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.9%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Across the wider county, Ascension Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $91,549, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Sorrento Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pecan Grove Primary School, around 4.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sorrento Primary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.1%.

Sorrento Primary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sorrento Primary School has climbed 12%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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