📍 151 Martin Luther King, Ferriday, Concordia Parish, 71334
Ferriday Upper Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ferriday, Concordia Parish. The school has 253 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Concordia Parish school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ferriday Upper Elementary School enrolls 253 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 8.3% White and 1.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 224 | 89% |
| White | 21 | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
227 of the school's 253 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 226 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ferriday Upper Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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-50, state senate district 34, state house district 21.
Ferriday Upper Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Concordia Parish, based in Vidalia, Louisiana. The district serves 2,911 students district-wide and employs 227 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 253 students, Ferriday Upper Elementary School is close to the district average of about 291 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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