Sterlington Elementary School

Sterlington Elementary School, a large primary school in Sterlington, Louisiana, operated by Ouachita Parish, educates 800 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Sterlington Elementary School sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Ouachita Parish comprises 36 schools with combined enrollment of 17,435 students; Sterlington Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sterlington Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 21% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sterlington Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ouachita Parish (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sterlington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ouachita Parish shows median household earnings sit near $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sterlington Elementary School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

The closest other public school is Sterlington Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sterlington Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 27.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Sterlington Elementary School's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 746 (now 800). Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 13% to 21%. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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