Ferriday Lower Elementary School
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 2 · Ferriday, Louisiana
Ferriday Lower Elementary School in Ferriday, Louisiana enrolled 313 students in 2024-25 with 22.9 full-time teachers, 13.7 students per teacher against the Louisiana elementary-school median of 13.3. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady
315 students in 2022-23, 315 students in 2023-24, 313 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 23.0 to 22.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 315 | 23.0 | 13.7 |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 23.5 | 13.4 |
| 2024-25 | 313 | 22.9 | 13.7 |
13.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 57 of every 100 Louisiana elementary schools
Among the 682 Louisiana elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.3; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Ferriday Lower Elementary School enrolled 246 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent19.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
85.9% of students were Black, 8.0% White, 3.5% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black85.9%
- White8.0%
- Hispanic3.5%
- Two or more races2.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Ferriday
2 public elementary schools in Ferriday report 2024-25 enrollment; Ferriday Lower Elementary School is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferriday Lower Elementary School | 313 | 13.7 | 90.4% |
| Ferriday Upper Elementary School | 242 | 12.4 | 89.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Ferriday Lower Elementary School
- Ferriday Upper Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 1.5 miles away: 242 students, 12.4 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
- Vidalia Lower Elementary SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 8.5 miles away: 415 students, 14.4 per teacher (2024-25).8.5 mi
- Compare Ferriday Lower Elementary School with Ferriday Upper Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Concordia Parish spends per student$15,509 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$15,509
- The largest public schools in LouisianaFerriday Lower Elementary School is the number 513 by size of 685 Louisiana elementary schools open in 2024-25.#513 of 685
- Louisiana schools by students per teacher13.7 students per teacher here against the Louisiana median of 13.3 for elementary schools.13.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Ferriday Lower Elementary School
How many students attend Ferriday Lower Elementary School?
313 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 315 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Ferriday, LA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Ferriday Lower Elementary School?
13.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Louisiana median for elementary schools is 13.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Ferriday Lower Elementary School a Title I school?
Ferriday Lower Elementary School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Ferriday Lower Elementary School in?
Concordia Parish, NCES district ID 2200480. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 220048000319 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.