Washington Elementary School

As a rural-scale elementary-level community in Washington, Louisiana, Washington Elementary School teaches 115 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of St. Landry Parish. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Within St. Landry Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 10,982 students, Washington Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elementary School records that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 12% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the resource side, On paper, Washington Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than St. Landry Parish's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.2%; this one delivers 24.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (St. Landry Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $44,462 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, St. Landry Parish runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), of which Washington Elementary School is one.

Plaisance Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary School has decreased 22%, going from 147 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 92% to 83% over that span.

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