Start Elementary School

Start Elementary School is one of the cozy elementary campuss in Start, Louisiana, one of the schools within Richland Parish, with 332 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Richland Parish runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 2,694 students. Start Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Start Elementary School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Black. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Richland Parish (around 76%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Start Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.4%; this one comes in at 23.0%, -18.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Richland Parish) logs that median household earnings sit near $53,544, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Start Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Richland Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,312 students).

The closest other public school is Rayville Elementary School, roughly 5.8 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Start Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 22.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Start Elementary School has declined 5%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 332 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 43% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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