📍 1100 Myrtle Place Boulevard, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, 70506
Myrtle Place Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 372 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Myrtle Place Elementary School enrolls 372 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 19% Black or African American and 4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 273 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
163 of the school's 372 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 135 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Myrtle Place Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-30, state senate district 23, state house district 45.
Myrtle Place Elementary School is one of 45 schools in Lafayette Parish, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 29,396 students district-wide and employs 1,764 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 372 students, Myrtle Place Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 653 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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