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What advice would you give to incoming students at Church Point Elementary School?
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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADIA PARISH·NCES 220003001505
Church Point Elementary School
415 East Lougarre Street, Church Point, LA 70525 · (337) 684-5722 · Acadia Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-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.
- CThree-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
16.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
421 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 | 31.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Church Point Elementary School
Church Point Elementary School's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Point Elementary School this school | 491 | 85.7% | 30.5% |
| Schriever Elementary School Schriever | 537 | 87.5% | 30.0% |
| Cankton Elementary School Cankton | 504 | 82.9% | 28.3% |
| Caneview K-8 School Port Allen | 483 | 82.0% | 30.8% |
| Chesbrough Elementary School Kentwood | 424 | 82.5% | 25.8% |
| North Caddo Elementary-Middle School Vivian | 502 | 80.5% | 14.2% |
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 Church Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Acadia Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #316 of 583 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #264 of 582 ▲ 19 | #11 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #404 of 587 ▼ 67 | #12 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #138 of 540 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #270 of 714 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #594 of 655 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #107 of 655 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #190 of 705 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #173 of 436 | #5 of 10 |
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
491
-86 (-15%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 491 | 29.4 | 16.7:1 | 86% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 31.9 | 17.2:1 | 82% (448) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 29.5 | 20.5:1 | 83% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 30 | 19.2:1 | 64% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 60% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 80% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 88% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 86% (600) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 39 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Church Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (607 to 491); teachers down 2% (30 to 29.4).
About Church Point Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Church Point Elementary School serves students in Church Point, Louisiana. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 491 students.
Acadia Parish serves 9,043 students across 27 schools.
About 43% of students at Church Point Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. The remaining students are 41% White, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Acadia Parish, the Black share is about 16%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 14.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 86%. The average for public schools in Acadia Parish is 67%.
Church Point Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Church Point Elementary School would be expected to post about 22.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.5%.
In Acadia Parish, home to about 56,955 people, median household income comes to about $45,562, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of people live in poverty. There are 27 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,043, Church Point Elementary School among them.
Church Point High School is about 0.1 miles from Church Point Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Church Point Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 33.1% proficiency; Church Point Elementary School posts 30.5%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 577 to 491. By 2024-25, the school had 16.7 students per teacher, compared with 19.2 in 2020-21.
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Acadia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,955
Census ACS
Median income
$45,562
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
9,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Acadia Parish
- Mire Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Rayne High SchoolHigh · 653 students
- Iota Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Iota High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
Other schools in Church Point
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Richard Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Church Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Church Point High School0.1 mi · 504
- Church Point Middle School1.2 mi · 262
- Branch Elementary School5.1 mi · 374
- AMIKids Acadiana5.2 mi · 34
- Richard Elementary School6.3 mi · 458
- Cankton Elementary School7.1 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Church Point Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Church Point Elementary School?
Church Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Church Point Elementary School serve?
Church Point Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Church Point Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Church Point Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Church Point Elementary School?
At Church Point Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 9% Hispanic, 43% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Church Point Elementary School in?
Church Point Elementary School is part of Acadia Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.