Zachary Elementary School

Located at 3775 Hemlock Street, in Zachary, Louisiana, Zachary Elementary School is a well-populated K-5 school that works with 778 students (grades 3 through 4), one of the schools within Zachary Community School District. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Zachary Elementary School sits 72% bigger than that benchmark.

Zachary Community School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 5,494 students. Zachary Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Zachary Elementary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 30% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Zachary Elementary School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Zachary Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) records that median household income runs about $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Zachary Elementary School is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

Zachary High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zachary Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Zachary Elementary School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zachary Elementary School has shrank 9%, going from 854 students in 2018 to 778 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 42% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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