📍 301 Third Street, Colfax, Grant Parish, 71417
Colfax Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Colfax, Grant Parish. The school has 126 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grant Parish school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Colfax Elementary School enrolls 126 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 33% White and 5.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 77 | 61% |
| White | 42 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 5.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
111 of the school's 126 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 111 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Colfax Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 31, state house district 22.
Colfax Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Grant Parish, based in Colfax, Louisiana. The district serves 2,712 students district-wide and employs 168 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 126 students, Colfax Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 339 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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