Walker Elementary School

Walker Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Walker, Louisiana, part of Livingston Parish. The school hosts 623 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Walker Elementary School sits 38% larger than that benchmark.

Within Livingston Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 27,209 students, Walker Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Walker Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Walker Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Livingston Parish's rate of about 73%.

After controlling for student poverty, Walker Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.2%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of +7.8 points.

In the broader community, Livingston Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,122 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Livingston Parish's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), Walker Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Walker Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walker Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Walker Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 623). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 74% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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