Southern Hills Elementary School

Southern Hills Elementary School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Shreveport, Louisiana, operated by Caddo Parish, enrolling 504 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Caddo Parish, which oversees 57 schools and 32,649 students, Southern Hills Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Southern Hills Elementary School lists that nearly all students (87%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Caddo Parish as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Caddo Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southern Hills Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.8%; this one delivers 17.0%.

In the broader community, Caddo Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Southern Hills Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Caddo Parish (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students).

The closest other public school is Ridgewood Middle School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southern Hills Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 13.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southern Hills Elementary School has shrank 38%, going from 813 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 7% to 2% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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