Union Parish Elementary School

Union Parish Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Farmerville, Louisiana, part of Union Parish, educates 506 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Union Parish Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Union Parish, a district that works with 1,555 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Union Parish Elementary School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% White, 16% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Union Parish Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 28.4%; actual is 9.0%, a gap of -19.4 points.

Around the school, Union Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $42,885 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Union Parish Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Union Parish (combined enrollment of about 2,753 students).

Nearest neighbor: Union Parish High School, around 2.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union Parish Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Parish Elementary School has edged down 34%, going from 769 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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