Teche Elementary School

Set in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, Teche Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school, part of St. Martin Parish. It educates 547 students across grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Teche Elementary School sits 21% above that benchmark.

Teche Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by St. Martin Parish, a district that teaches 6,680 students overall.

On demographics, Teche Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Teche Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Teche Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of +14.6 points.

Around the school, census data for St. Martin Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $55,960 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, St. Martin Parish runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,696 students), of which Teche Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Cecilia Junior High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Teche Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Teche Elementary School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 625 (now 547). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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