Enrollment
150
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASSUMPTION PARISH·NCES 220012001696
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School
1397 Hwy 662, Morgan City, LA 70380 · (985) 631-9268 · Assumption Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL150 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
97 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 21 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 13% larger than its 4th grade class (23).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
40.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
22.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -28.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 28 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 L'Ourse Primary School
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou L'Ourse Primary School this school | 150 | 64.7% | 28.3% |
| Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School Golden Meadow | 155 | 74.8% | N/A |
| St. Charles Elementary School Thibodaux | 253 | 66.4% | 56.2% |
| Seventh Ward Elementary School Abbeville | 163 | 73.6% | 61.3% |
| North Larose Elementary School Larose | 202 | 55.0% | 61.5% |
| Mermentau Elementary School Mermentau | 142 | 62.7% | 57.7% |
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 Bayou L'Ourse Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #337 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #413 of 582 ▼ 158 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #282 of 587 ▲ 198 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.0pp | #44 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 150 | #687 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #478 of 705 |
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
150
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 150 | 12.3 | 12.2:1 | 65% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 15.2 | 10.2:1 | 63% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 146 | 9.9 | 14.7:1 | 66% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 8 | 19.0:1 | 63% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 9.1 | 15.6:1 | 74% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 12 | 13.0:1 | 78% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 158 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 75% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 189 | 15 | 12.6:1 | 62% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 188 | 13 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayou L'Ourse Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (142 to 150); teachers up 35% (9.1 to 12.3).
About Bayou L'Ourse Primary School
Located in Morgan City, Louisiana, Bayou L'Ourse Primary School is a very small elementary school. Its enrollment is 150 students, spread over pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Assumption Parish includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 2,701 students.
Federal enrollment data show Bayou L'Ourse Primary School is 67% White. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Assumption Parish overall, the White share is about 65%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1, with 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school has 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Assumption Parish is similar, at 64%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Bayou L'Ourse Primary School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.3%, compared with a predicted 37.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Assumption Parish, median household income comes to about $51,423, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 9 public schools and about 2,701 students.
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School, about 3.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Bayou L'Ourse Primary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Bayou L'Ourse Primary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 152 in 2020-21, 150 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.0:1 to 12.2:1.
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Assumption Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,484
Census ACS
Median income
$51,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Assumption Parish
- Assumption High SchoolHigh · 742 students
- Pierre Part Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Napoleonville Primary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Napoleonville Middle SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Labadieville Primary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Labadieville Middle SchoolMiddle · 191 students
Other schools in Morgan City
- Morgan City High SchoolHigh · 650 students
- Morgan City Junior High SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- Bayou Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- M.E. Norman Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Wyandotte Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Julia B. Maitland SchoolElementary · 199 students
Nearby schools
- J.S. Aucoin Elementary School3.7 mi · 237
- Gibson Elementary School5.4 mi · 155
- Wyandotte Elementary School6.1 mi · 300
- Stephensville Elementary School6.6 mi · 96
- Morgan City Junior High School7.6 mi · 412
- Morgan City High School7.6 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Bayou L'Ourse Primary SchoolHow large is Bayou L'Ourse Primary School?
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School enrolls approximately 150 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Bayou L'Ourse Primary School serve?
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bayou L'Ourse Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bayou L'Ourse Primary School is approximately 12.2:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayou L'Ourse Primary School?
At Bayou L'Ourse Primary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Bayou L'Ourse Primary School public or private?
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Assumption Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.