📍 1500 Martin Luther King, Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, 70586
James Stephens Montessori School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish. The school has 442 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Evangeline Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–7 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
James Stephens Montessori School enrolls 442 students across grades Pre-K–7. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 36% White and 2.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 264 | 60% |
| White | 158 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
308 of the school's 442 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 268 qualify for free lunch and 40 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
James Stephens Montessori School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-40, state senate district 28, state house district 38.
James Stephens Montessori School is one of 11 schools in Evangeline Parish, based in Ville Platte, Louisiana. The district serves 5,326 students district-wide and employs 307 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 442 students, James Stephens Montessori School is close to the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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