📍 393 Greenwood Drive, LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish, 70068
LaPlace Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish. The school has 787 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. John the Baptist Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
LaPlace Elementary School enrolls 787 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 579 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 122 | 16% |
| White | 68 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 787 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 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.
LaPlace Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 19, state house district 57.
LaPlace Elementary School is one of 10 schools in St. John the Baptist Parish, based in Reserve, Louisiana. The district serves 5,039 students district-wide and employs 356 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 787 students, LaPlace Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 504 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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