Zwolle Elementary School

Zwolle Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Zwolle, Louisiana, part of Sabine Parish, teacheing 415 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Sabine Parish runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,741 students. Zwolle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Zwolle Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 22% Native American, 21% Black, 13% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, Zwolle Elementary School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sabine Parish (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Zwolle Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.1%; this one delivers 34.0%.

In the broader community, Sabine Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $50,329, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Zwolle Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Sabine Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,741 students).

Nearest neighbor: Zwolle High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Zwolle Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.6%.

Zwolle Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Zwolle Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 415). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 19% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.