University Elementary School

University Elementary School is one of the large elementary schools in Shreveport, Louisiana, overseen by Caddo Parish, with 837 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 85% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Within Caddo Parish, which oversees 57 schools and 32,649 students, University Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, University Elementary School reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Caddo Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, University Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.6%; this one delivers 33.0%.

Across the wider county, Caddo Parish reports that median household income runs about $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. University Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Caddo Parish (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students).

Nearest neighbor: Captain Shreve High School, around 2.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, University Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 1,067 students in 2018 compared to 837 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 47% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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