Swartz Upper Elementary School

Swartz Upper Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Monroe, Louisiana, overseen by Ouachita Parish. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Within Ouachita Parish, which oversees 36 schools and 17,435 students, Swartz Upper Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Swartz Upper Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 42% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Swartz Upper Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 32.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Ouachita Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $54,688, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Swartz Upper Elementary School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

Swartz Lower Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Swartz Upper Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Swartz Upper Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Swartz Upper Elementary School's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 350). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 57% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Swartz Upper Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.