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Prairie Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 606 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie Elementary School enrolls 606 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 37% Black or African American and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 288 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 223 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
335 of the school's 606 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 296 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Prairie 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.
Prairie 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 606 students, Prairie Elementary School is close to 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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