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Bellingrath Hills Elementary School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 91 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 287 | 76% |
School pathway
Schools most like Bellingrath Hills Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingrath Hills Elementary School this school | 378 | 66.1% | N/A |
| K.R. Hanchey Elementary School DeRidder | 353 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Eastside Elementary School Denham Springs | 439 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| Seventh Ward Elementary School Denham Springs | 382 | 61.8% | 49.3% |
| Vinton Elementary School Vinton | 374 | 71.1% | 18.3% |
| Valverda Elementary School Maringouin | 436 | 66.1% | 31.3% |
Where Bellingrath Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #428 of 714 | #40 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #118 of 655 | #12 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #202 of 655 | #11 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #460 of 705 | #52 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #322 of 436 | #29 of 39 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 378 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 66% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 59% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 61% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 36% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 28% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 58% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 63% (456) |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (414 to 378); teachers up 22% (27 to 33).
About Bellingrath Hills Elementary School
Bellingrath Hills Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana. A total of 378 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through kindergarten.
Central Community School District has 5 schools; together they serve 4,580 students.
Roughly 59% of students at Bellingrath Hills Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 24% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 42% of East Baton Rouge Parish residents are White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 33 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.4:1. That is 2.5 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Bellingrath Hills Elementary School is 66%.
Bellingrath Hills Elementary School is located in East Baton Rouge Parish, where the median household income is $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bellingrath Hills Elementary School, East Baton Rouge Parish has 131 other public schools.
The school nearest to Bellingrath Hills Elementary School is Central High School, at a distance of about 2.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
Federal data place Bellingrath Hills Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 18% from 2020-21, when Bellingrath Hills Elementary School had 460 students, to 2024-25, when it had 378. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.7:1 in 2020-21, and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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