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Which teacher or staff member at Chataignier Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANGELINE PARISH·NCES 220063000473
Chataignier Elementary School
5762 Vine Street, Chataignier, LA 70524 · (337) 885-3173 · Evangeline Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
320 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 8% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
41.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 41.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Chataignier Elementary School
Chataignier Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chataignier Elementary School this school | 375 | 85.3% | 28.8% |
| Chesbrough Elementary School Kentwood | 424 | 82.5% | 25.8% |
| East Elementary School Eunice | 310 | 86.1% | 43.2% |
| Martin Petitjean Elementary School Rayne | 306 | 87.9% | 18.8% |
| Haynesville Elementary School Haynesville | 304 | 83.9% | 24.0% |
| M. J. Kaufman Elementary School Lake Charles | 308 | 82.1% | 33.7% |
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 Chataignier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Evangeline Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #331 of 583 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #340 of 582 ▲ 8 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #275 of 587 ▼ 29 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #105 of 540 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #431 of 714 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #428 of 655 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #254 of 655 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #196 of 705 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #114 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
375
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 279
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 375 | 26.3 | 14.3:1 | 85% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 25.8 | 14.8:1 | 77% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 75% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 57% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 19.7 | 17.4:1 | 59% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 51% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 84% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 88% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 279 | 21 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chataignier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (343 to 375); teachers up 33% (19.7 to 26.3).
About Chataignier Elementary School
Federal records list Chataignier Elementary School as an elementary school in Chataignier, Louisiana. It reported 375 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Within Evangeline Parish, Chataignier Elementary School is one of 13 schools. The district enrolls 5,326 students.
Of every 100 students at Chataignier Elementary School, about 50 are Black, the largest group. It is also 45% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Evangeline Parish is roughly 26% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chataignier Elementary School scores 55%.
Staffing at Chataignier Elementary School comes to 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 14.0:1. On the income side, 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 72% average among public schools in Evangeline Parish.
Chataignier Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 22.9%. Chataignier Elementary School scores 28.8%.
In Evangeline Parish, the median household earns about $41,915 a year, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Across Evangeline Parish, 13 public schools serve about 5,326 students.
East Elementary School is about 7.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Nearby schools average 26.5% on proficiency, and Chataignier Elementary School is above that at 28.8%.
NCES describes the area around Chataignier Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count increased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.4 to 14.3 over 4 years.
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Evangeline Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,060
Census ACS
Median income
$41,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evangeline Parish
- Pine Prairie High SchoolCombined · 757 students
- Bayou Chicot Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Mamou High SchoolHigh · 443 students
- Basile High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Ville Platte High SchoolHigh · 419 students
Nearby schools
- East Elementary School7.0 mi · 310
- Northwest High School7.4 mi · 575
- Lawtell Elementary School7.6 mi · 567
- Mamou Junior High7.8 mi · 290
- Central Middle School7.8 mi · 251
- Mamou High School7.9 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Chataignier Elementary SchoolHow large is Chataignier Elementary School?
Chataignier Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chataignier Elementary School serve?
Chataignier Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chataignier Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Chataignier Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chataignier Elementary School?
At Chataignier Elementary School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 2% Hispanic, 50% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Chataignier Elementary School public or private?
Chataignier Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Evangeline Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.