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What's something A.C. Steere Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000198
A.C. Steere Elementary School
4009 Youree Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105 · (318) 865-5675 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
206 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
56.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
59.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +21.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 21 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 38.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like A.C. Steere Elementary School
A.C. Steere Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.C. Steere Elementary School this school | 443 | 46.5% | 41.0% |
| Stockwell Place Elementary School Bossier City | 496 | 44.0% | 65.7% |
| Ethel Schoeffner Elementary School Destrehan | 381 | 41.7% | 46.8% |
| Sun City Elementary School Bossier City | 492 | 49.4% | 41.2% |
| Dutchtown Primary School Geismar | 541 | 51.8% | 65.3% |
| Princeton Elementary School Princeton | 491 | 48.9% | 41.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where A.C. Steere Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #205 of 583 | #6 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #64 of 582 ▲ 102 | #6 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #112 of 587 ▲ 78 | #6 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #12 of 540 | #1 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #320 of 714 | #17 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #289 of 655 | #16 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #104 of 655 | #2 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #636 of 705 | #32 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #419 of 436 | #25 of 25 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 33.9 | 13.1:1 | 47% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 31.5 | 13.8:1 | 43% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | 35% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 27.4 | 16.4:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 42% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 26% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A.C. Steere Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (449 to 443); teachers up 23% (27.4 to 33.9).
About A.C. Steere Elementary School
A.C. Steere Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Shreveport, Louisiana. The student body numbers 443 students, from pre-K through 5.
Caddo Parish runs A.C. Steere Elementary School along with 56 other schools, enrolling 32,649 students in total.
A majority of students at A.C. Steere Elementary School, 51%, are White. Other reported shares: 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Caddo Parish's residents are about 43% White, 9 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at A.C. Steere Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
A.C. Steere Elementary School counts 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.1 students for each one. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is higher than this school's figure. About 47% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 68% for public schools in Caddo Parish.
allk12 grades A.C. Steere Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, A.C. Steere Elementary School is 9.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Caddo Parish census figures show that median household income is about $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. The public schools of Caddo Parish number 61 and enroll about 33,851.
The nearest other public school, Louisiana Key Academy Caddo, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of A.C. Steere Elementary School. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, A.C. Steere Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, A.C. Steere Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Federal data show 439 students in 2020-21 and 443 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.1:1.
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Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Nearby schools
- Louisiana Key Academy Caddo0.5 mi · 110
- Broadmoor STEM Academy0.6 mi · 695
- Shreve Island Elementary School1.0 mi · 579
- Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School1.0 mi · 992
- Riverside Elementary School1.3 mi · 404
- Captain Shreve High School1.4 mi · 1,658
Frequently asked questions
About A.C. Steere Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at A.C. Steere Elementary School?
A.C. Steere Elementary School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
Is A.C. Steere Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
A.C. Steere Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does A.C. Steere Elementary School have?
A.C. Steere Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at A.C. Steere Elementary School?
Student demographics at A.C. Steere Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 13% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is A.C. Steere Elementary School in?
A.C. Steere Elementary School is part of Caddo Parish.
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