📍 1000 Mitchell Avenue, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, 71270
I.A. Lewis School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ruston, Lincoln Parish. The school has 280 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lincoln Parish school district. It serves grades 6 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
I.A. Lewis School enrolls 280 students across grades 6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Black or African American, 36% White and 7.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 148 | 53% |
| White | 102 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22 | 7.9% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 280 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 182 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.
I.A. Lewis School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 29, state house district 11.
I.A. Lewis School is one of 12 schools in Lincoln Parish, based in Ruston, Louisiana. The district serves 5,601 students district-wide and employs 340 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 280 students, I.A. Lewis School is smaller than the district average of about 467 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe