📍 700 Austin Avenue, West Monroe, Ouachita Parish, 71292
Riverbend Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ouachita Parish school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Riverbend Elementary School enrolls 322 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 253 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 11% |
| White | 21 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 322 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Riverbend 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-50, state senate district 34, state house district 17.
Riverbend Elementary School is one of 36 schools in Ouachita Parish, based in Monroe, Louisiana. The district serves 17,435 students district-wide and employs 1,042 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Riverbend Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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