📍 521 North Burnside Avenue, Gonzales, Ascension Parish, 70737
Gonzales Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gonzales, Ascension Parish. The school has 526 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ascension Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gonzales Primary School enrolls 526 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 296 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 115 | 22% |
| White | 87 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
397 of the school's 526 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 365 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gonzales Primary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 18, state house district 88.
Gonzales Primary School is one of 31 schools in Ascension Parish, based in Sorrento, Louisiana. The district serves 23,743 students district-wide and employs 1,558 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 526 students, Gonzales Primary School is smaller than the district average of about 766 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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