Many Elementary School

Many Elementary School serves 613 students from Pre-K through 4th grade in the town of Many, Louisiana, and is part of the Sabine Parish school district. After several years of middling performance, the school has recently earned a 3-star rating for the 2025-2026 school year, driven by strong gains in Math and Social Studies. A standout strength is Social Studies, where 62% of students are proficient—7 points above the state average—and 3rd graders achieve a remarkable 70% proficiency rate compared to the state average of 49%. However, overall proficiency in Math (65%) and ELA (72%) is generally on par with state averages but lags behind nearby Provencal Elementary & Junior High School and Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School in the Natchitoches Parish district, which consistently achieve proficiency rates in the high 70s to high 80s across all subjects.

The most significant challenge facing Many Elementary is chronic absenteeism, which has been a persistent problem. In the 2024-2025 school year, 32.0% of students were chronically absent—nearly 10 points higher than the state average (22.5%) and higher than the district average (28.2%). This rate is far more severe than at Provencal (22.8%) and Marthaville (14.3%), suggesting that many students are missing critical learning time. Interestingly, the school is showing academic improvement despite this high absenteeism rate, indicating that students who attend regularly are performing well, but a significant portion of the student body is being left behind. Reducing absenteeism could unlock even greater academic gains.

Many Elementary also faces disparities in serving different student groups. The school is most effective with its White and Male students, but struggles significantly with Special Education students, who rank in the bottom 8% of the state, and Multi-racial students, who rank in the bottom 17%. Additionally, the school has a higher student-teacher ratio (15.7) than its higher-performing peers—Provencal (11.0) and Marthaville (9.4)—which may impact the level of individualized support available. The two Natchitoches Parish schools consistently outperform the two Sabine Parish schools across nearly every metric, pointing to potential district-level differences in resources or community support that families may want to consider when evaluating options.