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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERMILION PARISH·NCES 220180001399
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice
203 South Albert Avenue, Maurice, LA 70555 · (337) 893-3887 · Vermilion Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
284 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 71 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
65.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 73.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice this school | 592 | 48.0% | 63.8% |
| Claiborne School West Monroe | 643 | 50.5% | 56.2% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Houma | 789 | 48.5% | 61.8% |
| Maplewood Elementary Sulphur | 640 | 53.9% | 45.8% |
| Green T. Lindon Elementary School Youngsville | 719 | 47.7% | 64.7% |
| Sterlington Elementary School Sterlington | 800 | 44.6% | 53.3% |
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 Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Vermilion Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #38 of 583 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #24 of 582 ▲ 8 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #60 of 587 ▼ 12 | #3 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #134 of 540 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #156 of 714 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #451 of 655 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #326 of 655 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #627 of 705 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #195 of 436 | #6 of 11 |
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
592
-176 (-23%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 592 | 40.8 | 14.5:1 | 48% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 52.1 | 16.3:1 | 45% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 45.9 | 18.4:1 | 42% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 41 | 18.7:1 | 26% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 25% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 44% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 46% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 45% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 25 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (721 to 592); teachers up 14% (36 to 40.8).
About Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice
Maurice, Louisiana, is home to Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 592 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
The district for Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is Vermilion Parish, with 20 schools and 8,433 students.
At Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice, 68% of students are White. It is also 18% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Vermilion Parish is roughly 78% White. The diversity index for Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice has 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.5:1. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 48% at Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice.
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 89% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is 14.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Looking at the county, Vermilion Parish, median household income comes to about $55,707, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Vermilion Parish's 24 public schools enroll about 10,278 students and include Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice.
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is about 2.8 miles from Milton Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is ahead of the 46.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 592, from 768 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 18.7:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Vermilion Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,123
Census ACS
Median income
$55,707
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vermilion Parish
- North Vermilion High SchoolHigh · 790 students
- Leblanc Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Abbeville High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Erath High SchoolHigh · 557 students
- Dozier Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Kaplan Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
Other schools in Maurice
- Vermilion Charter AcademyElementary · 919 students
- North Vermilion High SchoolHigh · 790 students
- North Vermilion Middle SchoolMiddle · 535 students
Nearby schools
- Milton Elementary School2.8 mi · 1,261
- Vermilion Charter Academy3.1 mi · 919
- North Vermilion Middle School3.3 mi · 535
- North Vermilion High School3.3 mi · 790
- Ridge Elementary School3.8 mi · 592
- Judice Middle School4.3 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Cecil Picard Elementary School at MauriceHow many students attend Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice?
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice enrolls approximately 592 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice have?
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice?
Student demographics at Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice are roughly 68% White, 6% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice in?
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice is part of Vermilion Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.