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Hattie A. Watts Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1307 Third Street, Patterson, St. Mary Parish, 70392

609
Pupils
18.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Hattie A. Watts Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Patterson, St. Mary Parish. The school has 609 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Mary Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
St. Mary Parish

Enrollment & staffing

Hattie A. Watts Elementary School enrolls 609 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.

Male students
301 (49%)
Female students
308 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
33.1
Student-teacher ratio
18.4:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Black or African American, 37% White and 12% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American25642%
White22837%
Two or more races7512%
Hispanic or Latino467.6%
Asian2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

465 of the school's 609 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 464 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Title I

Hattie A. Watts 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-30, state senate district 21, state house district 50.

School district: St. Mary Parish

Hattie A. Watts Elementary School is one of 21 schools in St. Mary Parish, based in Centerville, Louisiana. The district serves 7,153 students district-wide and employs 448 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 609 students, Hattie A. Watts Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 341 students per school.

7,153
District students
21
Schools
448
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

55%
Reading proficient
47%
Math proficient
27%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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