📍 1540 West Grolee Street, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, 70570
Grolee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish. The school has 474 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Landry Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Grolee Elementary School enrolls 474 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 5.5% White and 1.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 436 | 92% |
| White | 26 | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
423 of the school's 474 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 423 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.
Grolee Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-60, state senate district 24, state house district 40.
Grolee Elementary School is one of 35 schools in St. Landry Parish, based in Opelousas, Louisiana. The district serves 10,982 students district-wide and employs 753 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 474 students, Grolee Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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