Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000352
Bernard Terrace Elementary School
241 Edison Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 · (225) 343-5769 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
209 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
29.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
22.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 29 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 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Bernard Terrace Elementary School
Bernard Terrace Elementary School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Terrace Elementary School this school | 240 | 87.1% | 20.0% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Lake Charles | 259 | 84.9% | 17.0% |
| Northeast Elementary School Opelousas | 232 | 90.5% | 18.7% |
| Crawford Elementary School Arcadia | 278 | 89.9% | 33.5% |
| Midway Professional Development Center Shreveport | 234 | 91.5% | 14.2% |
| CSAL Elementary Baton Rouge | 288 | 84.7% | 26.0% |
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 Bernard Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #451 of 583 | #31 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #416 of 582 ▲ 76 | #31 of 49 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #431 of 587 ▲ 41 | #28 of 50 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #613 of 714 | #54 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #156 of 655 | #19 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.6% | #621 of 655 | #47 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #171 of 705 | #24 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.8% | #22 of 436 | #8 of 39 |
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
240
-77 (-24%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 240 | 20.2 | 11.9:1 | 87% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 84% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 16.1 | 17.6:1 | 91% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 70% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 19.3 | 20.7:1 | 85% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 35 | 11.3:1 | 62% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 81% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 71% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 21 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bernard Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (399 to 240); teachers up 5% (19.3 to 20.2).
About Bernard Terrace Elementary School
Bernard Terrace Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has 240 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
Bernard Terrace Elementary School is a school in East Baton Rouge Parish. The district has 83 schools and 40,083 students.
At Bernard Terrace Elementary School, 95% of students are Black. The school is also 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 44% Black share among all East Baton Rouge Parish residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
There are 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bernard Terrace Elementary School, giving a ratio of 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. A total of 209 students, or 87%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish average 70%.
Bernard Terrace Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Bernard Terrace Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.0% and a predicted 21.6%.
In the wider East Baton Rouge Parish area, median household income comes to about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools enroll about 66,892 students and include Bernard Terrace Elementary School.
Bernard Terrace Elementary School's nearest public school is Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy (about 0.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bernard Terrace Elementary School. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bernard Terrace Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Bernard Terrace Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 240, from 317 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.6 to 11.9 over 4 years.
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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
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- Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy0.5 mi · 2,239
- Louisiana Rebirth Blended Learning Academy0.5 mi · 444
- Baton Rouge Magnet High School0.8 mi · 1,593
- Westdale Middle School1.0 mi · 538
- Capitol Elementary School1.1 mi · 321
- Melrose Elementary School1.2 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Bernard Terrace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bernard Terrace Elementary School?
Bernard Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bernard Terrace Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bernard Terrace Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bernard Terrace Elementary School have?
Bernard Terrace Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Bernard Terrace Elementary School?
Bernard Terrace Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Bernard Terrace Elementary School public or private?
Bernard Terrace Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
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