Turner Elementary Middle School

Turner Elementary Middle School is one of the substantial primary schools in Shreveport, Louisiana, run under Caddo Parish, with 1,437 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Turner Elementary Middle School sits 217% larger than that benchmark.

Caddo Parish comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 32,649 students; Turner Elementary Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Turner Elementary Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 82 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. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Caddo Parish's rate of about 68%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Turner Elementary Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.3%, the actual is 14.3%, a residual of -10.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Caddo Parish shows median household income runs about $50,705, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Turner Elementary Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Huntington High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Turner Elementary Middle School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 11.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Turner Elementary Middle School's enrollment has rose 31% since 2018, when it stood at 1,098 (now 1,437). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.