W. W. Stewart Elementary School

W. W. Stewart Elementary School, a compact primary school in Basile, Louisiana, part of Evangeline Parish, educates 283 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 453.

Across the 13 schools in Evangeline Parish (5,326 students total), W. W. Stewart Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, W. W. Stewart Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting W. W. Stewart Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at W. W. Stewart Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Evangeline Parish runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, W. W. Stewart Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Evangeline Parish) shows that median household income runs about $41,915, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. W. W. Stewart Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Evangeline Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,326 students).

Basile High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, W. W. Stewart Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.5%.

W. W. Stewart Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. W. W. Stewart Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 283). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 5% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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