Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITY OF MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 220108000789
Carver Elementary School
1700 Orange Street, Monroe, LA 71202 · (318) 322-4245 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- C-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
14.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
386 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (48).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
17.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 17.0% | 7.0% |
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Carver Elementary School
Carver Elementary School's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Elementary School this school | 395 | 97.7% | 12.3% |
| D.F. Huddle Elementary Alexandria | 412 | 98.1% | 17.7% |
| Southside Elementary School Lake Providence | 359 | 96.9% | 14.0% |
| Grolee Elementary School Opelousas | 404 | 96.3% | 15.7% |
| Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary Monroe | 391 | 95.7% | 8.8% |
| L.S. Rugg Elementary School Alexandria | 356 | 98.0% | 13.7% |
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 Carver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #554 of 583 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #570 of 582 ▼ 20 | #27 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #558 of 587 ▼ 50 | #28 of 30 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #103 of 540 | #7 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #406 of 714 | #15 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #425 of 655 | #16 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.0% | #646 of 655 | #28 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #15 of 705 | #2 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #71 of 197 | #3 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
395
+91 (+30%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 395 | 27.7 | 14.3:1 | 98% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 93% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 21.1 | 17.5:1 | 89% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 86% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 20.9 | 16.0:1 | 94% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | N/A | N/A | 91% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 98% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 22 | 19.5:1 | 95% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (334 to 395); teachers up 32% (20.9 to 27.7).
About Carver Elementary School
Carver Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Monroe, Louisiana, under City of Monroe School District. In all, 395 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
The district for Carver Elementary School is City of Monroe School District, with 19 schools and 8,033 students.
The share of Black students at Carver Elementary School is 98%. The school's Black share is 61 points above the 37% share among Ouachita Parish residents. The diversity index for Carver Elementary School is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Carver Elementary School totals 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 14.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carver Elementary School is about 98%. Among public schools in Ouachita Parish, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Carver Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 13.9% at Carver Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.3%.
In Ouachita Parish, median household income comes to about $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. The county's public schools total 59, with about 25,952 students.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary is the nearest public school to Carver Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Carver Elementary School is behind the 20.8% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
In 2020-21, Carver Elementary School enrolled 304 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 395. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
The Carver Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 City of Monroe School District
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Neville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 474 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Other Carver Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 13 states are named Carver Elementary. Carver Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 26.
- Carver Elementary SchoolDeRidder, LA · 348 students
- Carver ElementaryMAPLEWOOD, MN · 898 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCarver, MA · 788 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolCARVER, MN · 782 students
- Carver ElementarySan Marino, CA · 777 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.6 mi · 268
- Clara Hall Accelerated School0.6 mi · 260
- Martin Luther King Junior High School0.7 mi · 350
- Wossman High School0.7 mi · 635
- Minnie Ruffin Elementary School0.8 mi · 354
- New Vision Learning Academy1.2 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Carver Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Carver Elementary School?
Carver Elementary School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Carver Elementary School serve?
Carver Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carver Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Carver Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carver Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Carver Elementary School public or private?
Carver Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by City of Monroe School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.