V. B. Glencoe Charter School

V. B. Glencoe Charter School, a middle-of-the-pack multi-level school in Franklin, Louisiana, one of the schools within V. B. Glencoe Charter School, caters to 502 students, covering grades pre-K through 12.

Operationally, V. B. Glencoe Charter School answers to V. B. Glencoe Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, V. B. Glencoe Charter School shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, V. B. Glencoe Charter School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, V. B. Glencoe Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Mary Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $52,576, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. V. B. Glencoe Charter School is one of 23 public schools in St. Mary Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,765 students).

Nearest neighbor: B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School, around 6.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts V. B. Glencoe Charter School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 24.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site. V. B. Glencoe Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. V. B. Glencoe Charter School's enrollment has expanded 31% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 502). Black enrollment moved from 39% to 25% across the same window.

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