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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000123
Central Park Elementary School
900 Central Park Boulevard, Bossier City, LA 71112 · (318) 549-6400 · Bossier Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- AThree-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
13.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
363 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
29.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
25.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Park Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Elementary School this school | 431 | 84.2% | 16.5% |
| Meadowview Elementary School Bossier City | 440 | 81.6% | 14.3% |
| Success @ Thurgood Marshall New Orleans | 490 | 79.0% | N/A |
| Estelle School Marrero | 518 | 81.3% | 11.3% |
| Waller Elementary School Bossier City | 424 | 77.8% | 12.7% |
| Wedgewood Elementary School Baton Rouge | 456 | 82.9% | 20.8% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #497 of 583 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #372 of 582 ▲ 83 | #15 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #427 of 587 ▲ 85 | #15 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #55 of 540 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #341 of 714 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #307 of 655 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #198 of 655 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #210 of 705 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #105 of 197 | N/A |
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
431
-36 (-8%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 431 | 32.6 | 13.2:1 | 84% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 36.5 | 12.8:1 | 84% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 31.8 | 14.5:1 | 88% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 61% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 27.4 | 14.3:1 | 71% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 96% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 93% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 79% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 31 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (391 to 431); teachers up 19% (27.4 to 32.6).
About Central Park Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Bossier City, Louisiana. The latest federal count shows 431 students in pre-K through 5.
Bossier Parish has 34 schools and 22,233 students, and Central Park Elementary School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Central Park Elementary School, 55%, are Black. Next come 33% Hispanic, 9% White, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 24% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Central Park Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Staffing totals 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 84%. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Bossier Parish, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Central Park Elementary 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.
Central Park Elementary School scores 16.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 23.7%.
Among Bossier Parish residents, median household income is about $69,617, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 34 public schools in Bossier Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 22,233.
The school nearest to Central Park Elementary School is Rusheon Middle School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Within five miles of Central Park Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Central Park Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Central Park Elementary School had 467 students in 2020-21 and 431 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.6:1 to 13.2:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Central Park Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Bossier City
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Cope Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Bossier High SchoolHigh · 654 students
Other Central Park Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Central Park Elementary. Central Park Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 10.
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 800 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 646 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMidlothian, IL · 640 students
- Central Park ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 419 students
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARYROSEVILLE, MN · 411 students
Nearby schools
- Rusheon Middle School0.9 mi · 583
- Caddo Parish Magnet High School1.0 mi · 869
- Waller Elementary School1.0 mi · 424
- Magnolia School of Excellence1.1 mi · 1,430
- Bossier High School1.1 mi · 654
- R. V. Kerr Elementary School1.3 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Central Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Central Park Elementary School?
Central Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Central Park Elementary School serve?
Central Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Central Park Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Central Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Central Park Elementary School?
Central Park Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 33% Hispanic, 55% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Central Park Elementary School public or private?
Central Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.