📍 42111 North City Parc Drive, Sorrento, Ascension Parish, 70778
Sorrento Primary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sorrento, Ascension Parish. The school has 627 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ascension Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. 49% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sorrento Primary School enrolls 627 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 42% White and 8.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 274 | 44% |
| White | 266 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
396 of the school's 627 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 331 qualify for free lunch and 65 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sorrento Primary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 18, state house district 81.
Sorrento 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 627 students, Sorrento 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: Rural - Fringe
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