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Willow Charter Academy, Lafayette, LA

Charter schoolCEP schoolWillow Charter Academy is a public elementary school in Lafayette, part of Willow Charter Academy. It enrolled 605 students in 2024-25, with 35.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
605
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
35.6
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 35.6. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school35.6
District35.6
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1818 Northeast Evangeline Throughway, Lafayette, LA 70501
Phone
(616)954-6377
District
Willow Charter Academy
County
Lafayette Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
220026302405
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
579
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
59498.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
532Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lafayette

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.