📍 115 Mazerac Street, Houma, Lafourche Parish, 70364
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houma, Lafourche Parish. The school has 426 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafourche Parish school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School enrolls 426 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 250 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 66 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 29 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
254 of the school's 426 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 223 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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-10, state senate district 20, state house district 52.
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is one of 31 schools in Lafourche Parish, based in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The district serves 13,326 students district-wide and employs 737 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 426 students, Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is close to the district average of about 430 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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