Upper Little Caillou Elementary School

Upper Little Caillou Elementary School is one of the cozy K-5 schools in Chauvin, Louisiana, operated by Terrebonne Parish, with 342 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Upper Little Caillou Elementary School sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Upper Little Caillou Elementary School is one of 30 schools operated by Terrebonne Parish, a district that teaches 15,168 students overall.

Demographically, Upper Little Caillou Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder is composed of 11% Native American, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Upper Little Caillou Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Upper Little Caillou Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.3%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +10.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Terrebonne Parish shows median household income runs about $64,836, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Terrebonne Parish's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,201 students), Upper Little Caillou Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: School for Exceptional Children, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Upper Little Caillou Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Upper Little Caillou Elementary School's enrollment has fell 34% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 342). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 76% to 67%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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