📍 116 LeBleu Road, Leesville, Vernon Parish, 71446
Pickering Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Leesville, Vernon Parish. The school has 707 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vernon Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pickering Elementary School enrolls 707 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 433 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 81 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 77 | 11% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
340 of the school's 707 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 323 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pickering Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-40, state senate district 30, state house district 30.
Pickering Elementary School is one of 18 schools in Vernon Parish, based in Leesville, Louisiana. The district serves 7,887 students district-wide and employs 510 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 707 students, Pickering Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 438 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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