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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087001147
Charles M. Burke Elementary School
2845 Ridge Rd., Duson, LA 70529 · (337) 521-7630 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- 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
17.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
378 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
38.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Charles M. Burke Elementary School
Charles M. Burke Elementary School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles M. Burke Elementary School this school | 564 | 67.0% | 40.3% |
| Arlene Meraux Elementary School Chalmette | 583 | 70.3% | 30.5% |
| E. E. Lyon Elementary School Covington | 628 | 61.6% | 41.0% |
| Chalmette Elementary School Chalmette | 467 | 66.0% | 30.0% |
| Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School River Ridge | 384 | 70.1% | 25.7% |
| St. Rose Elementary School St. Rose | 540 | 68.1% | 36.5% |
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 Charles M. Burke Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #211 of 583 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #189 of 582 ▼ 53 | #13 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #311 of 587 ▲ 16 | #15 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #132 of 540 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #191 of 714 | #16 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #612 of 655 | #16 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #40 of 655 | #2 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #449 of 705 | #14 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #318 of 436 | #12 of 14 |
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
564
-76 (-12%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 564 | 32.4 | 17.4:1 | 67% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 45.4 | 13.8:1 | 63% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 44.8 | 15.9:1 | 64% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 90% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 44% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 58% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 614 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 75% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 62% (381) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles M. Burke Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (619 to 564); teachers down 12% (37 to 32.4).
About Charles M. Burke Elementary School
Among the schools in Duson, Louisiana, is Charles M. Burke Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 564 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 25% larger than average.
Lafayette Parish has a total of 44 schools and 29,396 students, Charles M. Burke Elementary School among them.
Charles M. Burke Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 40%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 26% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Lafayette Parish overall, about 63% of residents are White. Charles M. Burke Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Charles M. Burke Elementary School is 32.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.4:1. That is higher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school counts 378 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 67%. For comparison, public schools in Lafayette Parish average 59%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Charles M. Burke Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Charles M. Burke Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.3%, compared with a predicted 36.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Lafayette Parish show that the median household income is $67,451, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Charles M. Burke Elementary School is one of 50 public schools in the county.
Judice Middle School is the closest public school, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Charles M. Burke Elementary School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Charles M. Burke Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 564, a 12% decrease from 640 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.0:1 to 17.4:1 over the same years.
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Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Duson
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
- Judice Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
- Duson Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Judice Middle School2.2 mi · 442
- Ridge Elementary School2.4 mi · 592
- Duson Elementary School4.1 mi · 229
- Vermilion Charter Academy4.9 mi · 919
- Prairie Elementary School5.0 mi · 663
- Acadiana High School5.2 mi · 1,652
Frequently asked questions
About Charles M. Burke Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles M. Burke Elementary School?
Charles M. Burke Elementary School enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Charles M. Burke Elementary School serve?
Charles M. Burke Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles M. Burke Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles M. Burke Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Charles M. Burke Elementary School?
Student demographics at Charles M. Burke Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 29% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Charles M. Burke Elementary School in?
Charles M. Burke Elementary School is part of Lafayette Parish.
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