Village East Elementary School

Located at 315 Lafayette Woods, in Houma, Louisiana, Village East Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that educates 400 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within Terrebonne Parish.

Within Terrebonne Parish, which oversees 30 schools and 15,168 students, Village East Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Village East Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Black, 17% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Terrebonne Parish as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Village East Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Terrebonne Parish runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Village East Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Terrebonne Parish put median household earnings sit near $64,836, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Village East Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Terrebonne Parish (combined enrollment of about 15,201 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Terrebonne High School, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Village East Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Village East Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Village East Elementary School's enrollment has increased 79% since 2018, when it stood at 223 (now 400). Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Village East Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.