Thibodaux Elementary School

Thibodaux Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Thibodaux, Louisiana, one of the schools within Lafourche Parish. The school educates 575 students in grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Thibodaux Elementary School sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Thibodaux Elementary School is one of 30 schools operated by Lafourche Parish, a district that hosts 13,326 students overall.

On demographics, Thibodaux Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 29% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 82% of students at Thibodaux Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Lafourche Parish's rate of about 63%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lafourche Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $63,135, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Lafourche Parish's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,426 students), Thibodaux Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bayou Community Academy Charter School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Thibodaux Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 575). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 35% to 29%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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