📍 120 Odea Street, Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, 70510
James A. Herod Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Abbeville, Vermilion Parish. The school has 340 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vermilion Parish school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 14% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
James A. Herod Elementary School enrolls 340 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 21% White and 6.2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 217 | 64% |
| White | 70 | 21% |
| Asian | 21 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 4.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
305 of the school's 340 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 304 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.
James A. Herod Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-30, state senate district 26, state house district 47.
James A. Herod Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Vermilion Parish, based in Abbeville, Louisiana. The district serves 8,433 students district-wide and employs 542 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 340 students, James A. Herod Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 422 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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