Vermilion Charter Academy

As a sprawling elementary-level community in Maurice, Louisiana, Vermilion Charter Academy caters to 919 students from grades K through 8, operated by Vermilion Charter Foundation Inc. That puts it 103% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Vermilion Charter Academy sits inside Vermilion Charter Foundation Inc, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Vermilion Charter Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Vermilion Parish as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Vermilion Charter Academy shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Vermilion Charter Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, census data for Vermilion Parish shows median household income runs about $55,707, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Vermilion Parish's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students), Vermilion Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Vermilion Middle School, around 2.1 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site. Vermilion Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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