Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School

Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana, one of the schools within Caddo Parish. The school caters to 604 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School sits 33% above that benchmark.

Within Caddo Parish, which oversees 57 schools and 32,649 students, Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School logs that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Caddo Parish's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Caddo Parish) records that the typical household earns roughly $50,705 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Werner Park Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Caddo Heights Math/Science Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 46%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 604 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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