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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000114
Bellaire Elementary School
1310 Bellaire Boulevard, Bossier City, LA 71112 · (318) 549-6300 · Bossier Parish
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
12.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
232 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 55 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
44.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -18.0pp since 2022
Math
30.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -26.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 18 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 26 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bellaire Elementary School
Bellaire Elementary School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire Elementary School this school | 406 | 57.1% | 43.8% |
| Whispering Forest Elementary School Slidell | 453 | 54.1% | 45.8% |
| DeRidder Elementary School DeRidder | 490 | 61.2% | N/A |
| Blanchard Elementary School Shreveport | 363 | 55.9% | 29.7% |
| North Lewis Elementary School New Iberia | 488 | 55.9% | 43.8% |
| Belle Place Elementary School New Iberia | 377 | 59.9% | 39.0% |
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 Bellaire Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #167 of 583 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #324 of 582 ▼ 275 | #13 of 19 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #247 of 587 ▼ 70 | #13 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -22.0pp | #4 of 540 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #394 of 714 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #243 of 655 | #6 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #138 of 655 | #9 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #562 of 705 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #161 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
406
+33 (+9%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 406 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 57% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 34.8 | 11.4:1 | 65% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 23.6 | 16.3:1 | 66% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 37% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 39% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 32% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 22% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 31 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellaire Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (393 to 406); teachers up 39% (23 to 32).
About Bellaire Elementary School
Bellaire Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in Bossier City, Louisiana. Total enrollment is 406 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 3.
Bellaire Elementary School is part of Bossier Parish, where 34 schools serve 22,233 students.
Of every 100 students at Bellaire Elementary School, about 53 are White. It is also 29% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Bossier Parish's residents are about 63% White, 10 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bellaire Elementary School scores 62%.
Bellaire Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.3 students per teacher. At Bellaire Elementary School, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Bellaire Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Bellaire Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.8%) and its predicted rate (43.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
In Bossier Parish, home to about 129,789 people, the median household earns about $69,617 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bossier Parish number 34, with about 22,233 students.
Bellaire Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Sun City Elementary School, its nearest public school. Bellaire Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Bellaire Elementary School at 1st of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 406, from 373 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 12.7:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Bellaire Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Bossier City
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Cope Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Bossier High SchoolHigh · 654 students
Other Bellaire Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Bellaire Elementary. Bellaire Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 674 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolHURST, TX · 672 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolBellaire, OH · 489 students
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolCarlisle, PA · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Sun City Elementary School1.0 mi · 492
- Elm Grove Middle School1.0 mi · 916
- Waller Elementary School2.0 mi · 424
- Magnolia School of Excellence2.0 mi · 1,430
- Shreve Island Elementary School2.0 mi · 579
- Riverside Elementary School2.2 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Bellaire Elementary SchoolHow large is Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Bellaire Elementary School serve?
Bellaire Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bellaire Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bellaire Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bellaire Elementary School?
Bellaire Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 7% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bellaire Elementary School in?
Bellaire Elementary School is part of Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.