St. Martin STEAM Academy

St. Martin STEAM Academy is a mid-tier primary school in St. Martinville, Louisiana, overseen by St. Martin Parish. The school instructs 478 students in grades 2 through 5.

St. Martin Parish comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 6,680 students; St. Martin STEAM Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, St. Martin STEAM Academy records that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, St. Martin STEAM Academy has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting St. Martin STEAM Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, St. Martin STEAM Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.0%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of +8.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for St. Martin Parish shows median household earnings sit near $55,960, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across St. Martin Parish's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,696 students), St. Martin STEAM Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: St. Martinville Senior High School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts St. Martin STEAM Academy at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St. Martin STEAM Academy has fell 11%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 68% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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