Truman Early Childhood Education Center

Truman Early Childhood Education Center, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Lafayette, Louisiana, operated by Lafayette Parish, enrolls 331 students, covering grades pre-K through K. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 453.

Truman Early Childhood Education Center is one of 44 schools operated by Lafayette Parish, a district that caters to 29,396 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Truman Early Childhood Education Center logs that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Truman Early Childhood Education Center has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Truman Early Childhood Education Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Truman Early Childhood Education Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lafayette Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lafayette Parish) records that median household income runs about $67,451, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Truman Early Childhood Education Center is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students).

J. Wallace James Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 17% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Truman Early Childhood Education Center community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.