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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

James Stephens Montessori School, Ville Platte, LA

CEP schoolJames Stephens Montessori School is a public elementary school in Ville Platte, part of Evangeline Parish. It enrolled 421 students in 2024-25, with 11.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
421
Teachers (FTE)
37.0
Students per teacher
11.4
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.8 lower than the district figure of 13.2. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.4
District13.2
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1500 Martin Luther King, Ville Platte, LA 70586
Phone
(337)363-4745
District
Evangeline Parish
County
Evangeline Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
220063001659
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
324
Reduced-price lunch
34
Free or reduced-price lunch
35885.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
308Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Evangeline Parish

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.