Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120000998
Boley Elementary School
2213 Cypress St, West Monroe, LA 71291 · (318) 432-2250 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% 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.
- BThree-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
13.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
220 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 62% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
64.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 48.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Boley Elementary School
Boley Elementary School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boley Elementary School this school | 279 | 78.9% | 52.3% |
| Grand Coteau Elementary School Grand Coteau | 269 | 77.7% | 32.5% |
| M. J. Kaufman Elementary School Lake Charles | 308 | 82.1% | 33.7% |
| North Crowley Elementary School Crowley | 254 | 83.1% | 20.0% |
| South Rayne Elementary School Rayne | 219 | 83.1% | 39.3% |
| Baskin School Baskin | 325 | 78.5% | 17.3% |
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 Boley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #92 of 583 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #124 of 582 ▼ 46 | #5 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #65 of 587 ▼ 6 | #4 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #219 of 540 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #562 of 714 | #24 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #365 of 655 | #14 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #137 of 655 | #3 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #293 of 705 | #18 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.1% | #35 of 197 | #1 of 9 |
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
279
+47 (+20%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 279 | 20.4 | 13.7:1 | 79% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 82% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 13.6 | 21.8:1 | 85% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 13 | 17.9:1 | 49% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 16.5 | 12.2:1 | 59% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 18 | 10.4:1 | 63% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 14 | 16.1:1 | 81% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 197 | 25 | 7.9:1 | 71% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 26 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (202 to 279); teachers up 24% (16.5 to 20.4).
About Boley Elementary School
Boley Elementary School is an elementary school in West Monroe, Louisiana, reachable at (318) 432-2250. The school serves 279 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 38% smaller than that.
Ouachita Parish is responsible for 36 schools, Boley Elementary School included, with 17,435 students in all.
Enrollment at Boley Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 50%. After that, the student body is 35% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Ouachita Parish is about 37% Black. Boley Elementary School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 20.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.7:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is about 14.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Boley Elementary School is 79%. Across public schools in Ouachita Parish, the average is 67%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Boley Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 27.5% for Boley Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 52.3%. The 24.8-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Ouachita Parish show that median household income is about $54,688, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Boley Elementary School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish, which together enroll about 25,952 students.
The closest public school, West Monroe High School, is about 0.5 miles from Boley Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Boley Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 20%, from 232 to 279. The ratio was 17.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in West Monroe
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
Nearby schools
- West Monroe High School0.5 mi · 2,041
- Highland Elementary School1.0 mi · 263
- Neville High School1.1 mi · 1,042
- Academy of Collaborative Education (ACE)1.2 mi · 92
- Crosley Elementary School1.5 mi · 193
- Kiroli Elementary School1.9 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Boley Elementary SchoolHow large is Boley Elementary School?
Boley Elementary School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Boley Elementary School serve?
Boley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Boley Elementary School have?
Boley Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Boley Elementary School?
Boley Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Boley Elementary School in?
Boley Elementary School is part of Ouachita Parish.
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