St. Charles Elementary School

As a small elementary school in Thibodaux, Louisiana, St. Charles Elementary School enrolls 253 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Lafourche Parish. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Within Lafourche Parish, which oversees 30 schools and 13,326 students, St. Charles Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, St. Charles Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Lafourche Parish as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting St. Charles Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), St. Charles Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.6%; St. Charles Elementary School posts 60.0%, +23.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, Lafourche Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $63,135, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Lafourche Parish's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students), St. Charles Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Schriever Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, St. Charles Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

St. Charles Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. St. Charles Elementary School's enrollment has increased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 196 (now 253). White enrollment moved from 74% to 64% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.