Enrollment
124
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001074
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School
2510 St. Charles, Lecompte, LA 71346 · (318) 776-5489 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
7.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
120 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 19 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 12% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Carter C. Raymond Junior High School
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter C. Raymond Junior High School this school | 124 | 96.8% | 18.3% |
| Tensas Elementary School St. Joseph | 154 | 96.1% | 22.5% |
| John J. Johnson II Elementary School Lake Charles | 131 | 96.9% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary School Washington | 115 | 92.2% | 18.0% |
| J. K. Haynes Teacher Prep and Leadership Academy Baton Rouge | 121 | 99.2% | 14.0% |
| Noble Minds New Orleans | 153 | 90.2% | 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 Carter C. Raymond Junior High School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #475 of 583 | #19 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #397 of 582 ▲ 33 | #16 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #398 of 587 ▲ 64 | #18 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #51 of 540 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #696 of 714 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #25 of 705 | #7 of 25 |
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
124
-33 (-21%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 311
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 124 | 17.7 | 7.0:1 | 97% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 17.5 | 9.6:1 | 94% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 15.3 | 12.1:1 | 94% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 14 | 11.2:1 | 66% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 160 | 13 | 12.3:1 | 94% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 129 | 12 | 10.8:1 | 90% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 174 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 89% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 14 | 14.7:1 | 85% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 311 | 22 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carter C. Raymond Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (160 to 124); teachers up 36% (13 to 17.7).
About Carter C. Raymond Junior High School
Among the schools in Lecompte, Louisiana, is Carter C. Raymond Junior High School, a small elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 124 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students.
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School is run by Rapides Parish, whose 43 schools enroll 21,340 students.
By race and ethnicity, Carter C. Raymond Junior High School is 78% Black. Other reported shares: 11% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 31% Black among all Rapides Parish residents. Carter C. Raymond Junior High School has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 7.0 students per teacher and 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, higher than at this school. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Rapides Parish is 20 points lower.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Carter C. Raymond Junior High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (18.3%) and its predicted rate (14.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School is located in Rapides Parish, where median household income is about $54,967, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Carter C. Raymond Junior High School is one of 51 public schools in Rapides Parish, which together enroll about 21,481 students.
Rapides High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Carter C. Raymond Junior High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Carter C. Raymond Junior High School as Rural: Distant.
The number of students dropped from 157 to 124 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 11.2 to 7.0 over 4 years.
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Rapides Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapides Parish
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Buckeye High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Nearby schools
- Rapides High School1.6 mi · 248
- Forest Hill Junior High School8.5 mi · 496
- Caroline Dormon Junior High School8.6 mi · 362
- Poland Junior High School9.1 mi · 330
- Martin Park Elementary School11.3 mi · 281
- Phoenix Magnet Elementary School12.1 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Carter C. Raymond Junior High SchoolHow large is Carter C. Raymond Junior High School?
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School enrolls approximately 124 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Carter C. Raymond Junior High School serve?
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carter C. Raymond Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carter C. Raymond Junior High School is approximately 7.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carter C. Raymond Junior High School?
At Carter C. Raymond Junior High School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 6% Hispanic, 78% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Carter C. Raymond Junior High School public or private?
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rapides Parish.
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