South Grant Elementary School

South Grant Elementary School operates as a moderately sized primary school in Dry Prong, Louisiana, run under Grant Parish. Current enrollment sits at 487 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Grant Parish comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,871 students; South Grant Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, South Grant Elementary School reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Grant Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Grant Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $64,016, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Grant Parish's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,871 students), South Grant Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary Goff Elementary School, around 4.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, South Grant Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

South Grant Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Grant Elementary School has ticked down 10%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.