St. Landry Charter School

Located at 1203 Burr Street, in Opelousas, Louisiana, St. Landry Charter School is a small K-5 school that enrolls 315 students (grades K through 7), run under St. Landry Primary School Incl.. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

St. Landry Primary School Incl. is the operating authority for St. Landry Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, St. Landry Charter School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). By comparison, St. Landry Parish as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting St. Landry Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Landry Parish runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for St. Landry Parish shows median household earnings sit near $44,462, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. St. Landry Charter School is one of 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students).

Opelousas Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around St. Landry Charter School.

St. Landry Charter School operates from a town-center location. St. Landry Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.