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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bourg Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TERREBONNE PARISH·NCES 220174001337
Bourg Elementary School
4413 St. Andrew Street, Bourg, LA 70343 · (985) 303-4804 · Terrebonne Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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
13.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
171 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 41 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (58).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
67.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 67.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
58.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Bourg Elementary School
Bourg Elementary School's state test result (58.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg Elementary School this school | 328 | 52.1% | 58.2% |
| Elm Grove Elementary School Elm Grove | 332 | 51.8% | 42.5% |
| Lockport Upper Elementary School Lockport | 374 | 52.9% | 61.8% |
| LeBleu Settlement Elementary School Lake Charles | 386 | 53.6% | 66.8% |
| Blanchard Elementary School Shreveport | 363 | 55.9% | 29.7% |
| Jena Elementary School Jena | 381 | 53.3% | N/A |
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 Bourg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Terrebonne Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #60 of 583 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #36 of 582 ▼ 16 | #1 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #49 of 587 ▲ 13 | #2 of 18 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #53 of 540 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #503 of 714 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #294 of 655 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #331 of 655 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #599 of 705 | #17 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #103 of 436 | #4 of 12 |
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
328
-93 (-22%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 52% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 26.5 | 14.0:1 | 45% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 21.3 | 19.3:1 | 46% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 57% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 24.2 | 18.4:1 | 54% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | N/A | N/A | 54% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 43% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 46% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bourg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (445 to 328); teachers up 3% (24.2 to 25).
About Bourg Elementary School
Bourg Elementary School is an elementary school in Bourg, Louisiana, and it is part of Terrebonne Parish. The school counted 328 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4. It has 28% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).
Terrebonne Parish (30 schools, 15,168 students) runs Bourg Elementary School.
The share of White students at Bourg Elementary School is 68%, a majority. The remaining students are 14% multiracial, 10% Native American, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Terrebonne Parish at about 65% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Bourg Elementary School comes to 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1:1. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. On the income side, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Terrebonne Parish averages 73%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Bourg Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Bourg Elementary School is 11.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 58.2% actual, 46.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
Census data for Terrebonne Parish show the median household earns about $64,836 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Public schools in Terrebonne Parish number 32, with about 15,201 students.
South Terrebonne High School is about 2.5 miles from Bourg Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Bourg Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
From 421 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 328 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.5:1 to 13.1:1.
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Terrebonne Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,186
Census ACS
Median income
$64,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
15,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Terrebonne Parish
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- South Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Other schools in Bourg
- South Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Lacache Middle SchoolMiddle · 225 students
Nearby schools
- South Terrebonne High School2.5 mi · 868
- Lacache Middle School2.5 mi · 225
- Village East Elementary School4.0 mi · 400
- Grand Caillou Middle School4.7 mi · 267
- Ellender Memorial High School4.7 mi · 819
- Oaklawn Middle School5.4 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Bourg Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bourg Elementary School?
Bourg Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Bourg Elementary School serve?
Bourg Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Bourg Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Bourg Elementary School.
How diverse is Bourg Elementary School?
Bourg Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Bourg Elementary School?
Bourg Elementary School is overseen by Terrebonne Parish in Terrebonne Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.