Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY PARISH·NCES 220162001234
Bayou Vista Elementary School
1155 Delmar Street, Morgan City, LA 70380 · (985) 395-3758 · St. Mary Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- 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
12.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
227 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
51.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
51.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 12 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Vista Elementary School
Bayou Vista Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Vista Elementary School this school | 340 | 66.8% | 46.0% |
| Chahta-Ima Elementary School Lacombe | 319 | 65.5% | 38.5% |
| Berwick Elementary School Berwick | 420 | 62.9% | 47.5% |
| K.R. Hanchey Elementary School DeRidder | 353 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Eastside Elementary School Denham Springs | 439 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| J.F. Gauthier School St. Bernard | 500 | 67.2% | 45.3% |
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 Vista Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Mary Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #140 of 583 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #114 of 582 ▲ 16 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #181 of 587 ▼ 50 | #3 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #129 of 540 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #485 of 714 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #231 of 655 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #129 of 655 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #455 of 705 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #151 of 197 | N/A |
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
340
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 340 | 27.1 | 12.6:1 | 67% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 24.6 | 14.3:1 | 65% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 19.8 | 16.7:1 | 66% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 44% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 21.2 | 15.3:1 | 68% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 65% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 66% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 51% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 26 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayou Vista Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (325 to 340); teachers up 28% (21.2 to 27.1).
About Bayou Vista Elementary School
In Morgan City, Louisiana, part of St. Mary Parish, Bayou Vista Elementary School is an elementary school. A total of 340 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 25% lower.
St. Mary Parish has 7,153 students spread across 21 schools.
White students make up a majority at Bayou Vista Elementary School, at 55%. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, St. Mary Parish is about 57% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bayou Vista Elementary School and a ratio of 12.6:1. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 67% of students.
allk12 grades Bayou Vista Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bayou Vista Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.0%; the prediction is 36.3%.
St. Mary Parish census figures show that the median household income is $52,576, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. St. Mary Parish is home to 23 public schools and about 7,765 public school students.
Nearby, Berwick Junior High School is about 2.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Bayou Vista Elementary School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 46.0% against a local average of 33.2%.
NCES describes the area around Bayou Vista Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Bayou Vista Elementary School had 328 students, to 2024-25, when it had 340. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
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St. Mary Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,828
Census ACS
Median income
$52,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary Parish
- Morgan City High SchoolHigh · 650 students
- Hattie A. Watts Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Berwick High SchoolHigh · 469 students
- Patterson High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Centerville High SchoolCombined · 429 students
- Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in Morgan City
- Morgan City High SchoolHigh · 650 students
- Morgan City Junior High SchoolMiddle · 412 students
- M.E. Norman Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Wyandotte Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Julia B. Maitland SchoolElementary · 199 students
- Bayou L'Ourse Primary SchoolElementary · 150 students
Nearby schools
- Berwick Junior High School2.2 mi · 325
- Berwick High School2.4 mi · 469
- Patterson Junior High School2.5 mi · 374
- Hattie A. Watts Elementary School2.6 mi · 601
- Berwick Elementary School2.7 mi · 420
- Patterson High School3.4 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Bayou Vista Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bayou Vista Elementary School?
Bayou Vista Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bayou Vista Elementary School serve?
Bayou Vista Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bayou Vista Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Bayou Vista Elementary School.
How diverse is Bayou Vista Elementary School?
Bayou Vista Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Bayou Vista Elementary School public or private?
Bayou Vista Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Mary Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.