Valverda Elementary School

Valverda Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community in Maringouin, Louisiana, run under Pointe Coupee Parish. The school caters to 436 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Valverda Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Pointe Coupee Parish, a district that hosts 2,293 students overall.

On demographics, Valverda Elementary School shows that 55% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 36% Black, 7% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Valverda Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.8%; this one delivers 30.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pointe Coupee Parish indicate median household income runs about $65,961, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pointe Coupee Parish's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,293 students), Valverda Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Livonia High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Valverda Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 632 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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