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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFOURCHE PARISH·NCES 220090002474
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School
115 Mazerac Street, Houma, LA 70364 · (985) 876-0625 · Lafourche Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
257 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 158 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 31% |
Student demographics
60%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
56.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
58.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +25.0pp 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 58 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 25 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School this school | 427 | 60.2% | 45.7% |
| Bayou Blue Elementary School Houma | 454 | 61.5% | N/A |
| Pickering Elementary School Leesville | 476 | 60.9% | 43.7% |
| Berwick Elementary School Berwick | 420 | 62.9% | 47.5% |
| Delcambre Elementary School Delcambre | 472 | 59.7% | 63.7% |
| Seventh Ward Elementary School Denham Springs | 382 | 61.8% | 49.3% |
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 Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafourche Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #145 of 583 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #67 of 582 ▲ 56 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #115 of 587 ▲ 78 | #7 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #6 of 540 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #356 of 714 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #563 of 655 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #166 of 655 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #537 of 705 | #14 of 20 |
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
427
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 427 | 26.6 | 16.0:1 | 60% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 24.9 | 17.2:1 | 65% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 20.5 | 20.8:1 | 60% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 19 | 22.2:1 | 48% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School.
About Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School
Among the schools in Houma, Louisiana, is Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 427 students in grades 3 through 5.
Lafourche Parish enrolls 13,326 students, and its 30 schools include Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School.
White students are the majority at Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School, with 60% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 7% Native American. Lafourche Parish as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 26.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.0:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Roughly 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 63% average for public schools in Lafourche Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is +4.7 points: 45.7% actual, 41.0% predicted.
Lafourche Parish census figures show that the median household income is $63,135, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 32 public schools in Lafourche Parish, enrolling about 13,426 students in all.
Bayou Blue Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 45.7% is above the 42.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (422) and 2024-25 (427). The school's ratio fell from 22.2:1 to 16.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lafourche Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,252
Census ACS
Median income
$63,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
13,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafourche Parish
- Central Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 1,307 students
- Thibodaux High SchoolHigh · 1,306 students
- South Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Thibodaux Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Thibodaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other schools in Houma
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Acadian Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Bayou Blue Middle School0.2 mi · 396
- Bayou Blue Elementary School0.3 mi · 454
- Upper Little Caillou Elementary School3.0 mi · 342
- Legion Park Elementary School3.3 mi · 300
- Broadmoor Elementary School3.6 mi · 587
- Lisa Park Elementary School3.7 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Bayou Blue Upper Elementary SchoolHow large is Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School?
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 427 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School serve?
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School.
How diverse is Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School?
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School public or private?
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafourche Parish.
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