Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001562
Ball Elementary School
89 Camp Livingston Road, Ball, LA 71405 · (318) 640-5394 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
326 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
48.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Ball Elementary School
Ball Elementary School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Elementary School this school | 387 | 84.2% | 46.7% |
| Poland Junior High School Alexandria | 330 | 79.7% | 53.2% |
| Verda Elementary School Montgomery | 308 | 82.8% | 20.0% |
| Provencal Elementary & Junior High School Provencal | 444 | 89.2% | 53.2% |
| Albany Upper Elementary School Albany | 320 | 83.4% | 40.3% |
| Tioga Elementary School Ball | 482 | 88.2% | 42.2% |
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 Ball Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #135 of 583 | #9 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #193 of 582 ▼ 30 | #10 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #215 of 587 ▼ 58 | #13 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #146 of 540 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #416 of 714 | #12 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #363 of 655 | #12 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #378 of 655 | #9 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #209 of 705 | #14 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #160 of 197 | #6 of 9 |
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
387
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 387 | 28.3 | 13.7:1 | 84% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 28.6 | 14.7:1 | 80% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 22.3 | 17.9:1 | 84% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 45% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 71% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 70% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 68% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 71% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ball Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (373 to 387); teachers up 42% (20 to 28.3).
About Ball Elementary School
Ball Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Ball, Louisiana. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 387 students on the rolls.
The 43 schools in Rapides Parish enroll 21,340 students altogether, Ball Elementary School among them.
The student body at Ball Elementary School is 71% White. The school is also 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 61%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 14.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 84%.
Ball Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Ball Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 23.0 points. The model expects 23.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana; the school's rate is 46.7%.
Looking at the county, Rapides Parish, median household income comes to about $54,967, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 21,481 students.
Ball Elementary School is about 1.9 miles from Paradise Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ball Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 17 students, from 404 to 387. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.6:1 to 13.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Ball Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Rapides Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapides Parish
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Buckeye High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Other schools in Ball
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Tioga Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Paradise Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other Ball Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ball Elementary. Ball Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ball Elementary SchoolChatham, IL · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Paradise Elementary School1.9 mi · 369
- Tioga Junior High School2.5 mi · 415
- Tioga High School2.8 mi · 881
- Tioga Elementary School2.8 mi · 482
- Mary Goff Elementary School3.4 mi · 365
- Pinecrest Supports & Services Center3.7 mi · 92
Frequently asked questions
About Ball Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ball Elementary School?
Ball Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Ball Elementary School serve?
Ball Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Ball Elementary School have?
Ball Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Ball Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ball Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 4% Hispanic, 16% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ball Elementary School in?
Ball Elementary School is part of Rapides Parish.
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