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Does Central Intermediate School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,039
Elementary
DISTRICT 680 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 220012502090
Central Intermediate School
12636 Sullivan Road, Central, LA 70818 · (225) 261-1390 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,039 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- 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
16.2:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
611 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 351 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 347 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 341 | 33% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Central Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Central Intermediate School
Central Intermediate School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Intermediate School this school | 1,039 | 58.8% | 53.7% |
| Champ Cooper Elementary School Ponchatoula | 1,163 | 65.7% | 23.8% |
| Galvez Primary School Prairieville | 783 | 50.8% | 57.8% |
| Tanglewood Elementary School Baton Rouge | 622 | 55.5% | N/A |
| J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary School Pineville | 924 | 64.5% | 43.2% |
| Henry Mayfield Elementary School Slidell | 749 | 60.6% | 35.5% |
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 Central Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #81 of 583 | #6 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #98 of 582 ▼ 16 | #7 of 49 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #102 of 587 ▲ 43 | #9 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #139 of 540 | #10 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,039 | #11 of 714 | #1 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #570 of 655 | #52 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #278 of 655 | #20 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #549 of 705 | #59 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #338 of 436 | #32 of 39 |
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
1,039
0 (0%) vs 2020
+87% since 2010-11, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,039 | 64.3 | 16.2:1 | 59% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 1,057 | 66.9 | 15.8:1 | 59% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 1,072 | 58.5 | 18.3:1 | 54% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 1,039 | 56 | 18.6:1 | 29% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 1,116 | 62 | 18.0:1 | 21% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 1,048 | 65 | 16.1:1 | 49% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 57% (319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,116 to 1,039); teachers up 4% (62 to 64.3).
About Central Intermediate School
Central Intermediate School is a large elementary school serving families in Central, Louisiana. The school's enrollment of 1,039 students covers grades 3 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
Central Intermediate School is run by Central Community School District, whose 5 schools enroll 4,580 students.
White students make up a majority at Central Intermediate School, at 64%. The remaining shares are 20% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of East Baton Rouge Parish's population at about 42%. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 16.2:1 comes from the school's 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 59% in 2024-25. Among public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Central Intermediate School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.0%. Central Intermediate School scores 53.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish show that the median household income is $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Central Intermediate School is one of 132 public schools in the county.
Central Middle School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Central Intermediate School. The five-mile area around Central Intermediate School holds 5 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.3% proficiency; Central Intermediate School posts 53.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Central Intermediate School had 1,039 students in 2020-21 and 1,039 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.6:1 to 16.2:1 over the same years.
Community posts for Central Intermediate School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Community School District
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Tanglewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Bellingrath Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other Central Intermediate schools
6 other US public schools in 4 states are named Central Intermediate. Central Intermediate School is the largest of the 7.
- Central Intermediate SchoolWashington, IL · 649 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolWadsworth, OH · 606 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolBixby, OK · 451 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolRoxana, IL · 365 students
- Central Intermediate SchoolOttawa, IL · 339 students
Nearby schools
- Central Middle School0.1 mi · 1,012
- Central High School2.0 mi · 1,529
- Tanglewood Elementary School2.9 mi · 622
- Bellingrath Hills Elementary School4.4 mi · 378
- Greenbrier Elementary School4.7 mi · 317
- Live Oak Junior High5.3 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About Central Intermediate SchoolHow large is Central Intermediate School?
Central Intermediate School enrolls approximately 1,039 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Central Intermediate School serve?
Central Intermediate School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Central Intermediate School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Central Intermediate School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Intermediate School?
At Central Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Central Intermediate School public or private?
Central Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.