South Rayne Elementary School

South Rayne Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community in Rayne, Louisiana, one of the schools within Acadia Parish. The school instructs 219 students in grades 4 through 5. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

South Rayne Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Acadia Parish, a district that hosts 9,043 students overall.

In terms of who attends, South Rayne Elementary School lists that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% White, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting South Rayne Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Acadia Parish (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Rayne Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.7%; this one delivers 38.3%.

Across the wider county, Acadia Parish reports that median household income runs about $45,562, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Acadia Parish runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,043 students), of which South Rayne Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Martin Petitjean Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around South Rayne Elementary School. On composite proficiency, South Rayne Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 251 students in 2018 compared to 219 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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