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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
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What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 79.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 71.0% |
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 10%.
Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School this school | 396 | 62.6% | 56.3% |
| Audubon Charter Gentilly New Orleans | 448 | 65.6% | N/A |
| Belfair Montessori School Baton Rouge | 274 | 67.9% | 52.3% |
| Forest Heights Academy of Excellence Baton Rouge | 409 | 70.9% | 58.3% |
| Judson Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport | 312 | 70.5% | 39.0% |
| J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School Monroe | 458 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #67 of 583 | #5 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #12 of 582 ▲ 45 | #4 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #18 of 587 ▲ 31 | #4 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #205 of 540 | #9 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #404 of 714 | #22 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #580 of 655 | #32 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.9% | #537 of 655 | #21 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #505 of 705 | #27 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #265 of 436 | #19 of 25 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 396 | 24.3 | 16.3:1 | 63% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 60% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 24.8 | 16.2:1 | 62% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 51% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 26.7 | 16.9:1 | 43% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | N/A | N/A | 72% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 75% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 57% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (452 to 396); teachers down 9% (26.7 to 24.3).
Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana. It enrolled 396 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Caddo Parish counts 32,649 students in its 57 schools, and Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School is 88% Black. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Caddo Parish, the Black share is about 49%. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School, 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 16.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School is A. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School is 39.3%. It actually posts 56.3%, which is 17.1 points higher and in the top 10% of Louisiana schools.
Across Caddo Parish, the median household income is $50,705, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. In all, Caddo Parish has 61 public schools and roughly 33,851 students.
Queensborough Elementary School is the public school closest to Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.3% against a local average of 15.9%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 401 to 396. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.2:1 to 16.3:1.
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