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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Claiborne School this year?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120000987
Claiborne School
1011 Wallace Dean Road, West Monroe, LA 71291 · (318) 396-8200 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- DThree-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
16.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
325 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
66.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Claiborne School
Claiborne School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claiborne School this school | 643 | 50.5% | 56.2% |
| Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice Maurice | 592 | 48.0% | 63.8% |
| Maplewood Elementary Sulphur | 640 | 53.9% | 45.8% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Houma | 789 | 48.5% | 61.8% |
| Sterlington Elementary School Sterlington | 800 | 44.6% | 53.3% |
| Vermilion Charter Academy Maurice | 919 | 50.2% | N/A |
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 Claiborne School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #71 of 583 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #61 of 582 ▲ 12 | #1 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #53 of 587 ▲ 36 | #2 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #67 of 540 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #111 of 714 | #2 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #562 of 655 | #24 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #396 of 655 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #611 of 705 | #30 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #137 of 436 | #8 of 26 |
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
643
-106 (-14%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 643 | 40.1 | 16.0:1 | 51% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 39.8 | 18.8:1 | 47% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 37.4 | 20.1:1 | 46% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 37 | 20.2:1 | 24% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 829 | 38 | 21.8:1 | 35% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 39% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 39 | 20.1:1 | 35% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 23% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Claiborne School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (829 to 643); teachers up 6% (38 to 40.1).
About Claiborne School
Claiborne School is a medium-sized elementary school located in West Monroe, Louisiana. The latest federal count shows 643 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 42% larger than average.
Claiborne School is a school in Ouachita Parish. The district has 36 schools and 17,435 students.
A majority of students at Claiborne School, 73%, are White. Next come 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 56% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Claiborne School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
Claiborne School operates with 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.0:1. That ratio is over the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Claiborne School reports 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Ouachita Parish, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Claiborne School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Claiborne School scores 56.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ouachita Parish, median household income is about $54,688, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. A total of 59 public schools operate in Ouachita Parish, serving about 25,952 students.
Nearest public school: George Welch Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around Claiborne School holds at least 8 other public schools. Claiborne School's average proficiency of 56.2% compares with 47.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Claiborne School had 749 students in 2020-21 and 643 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.2:1 to 16.0:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Claiborne School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in West Monroe
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- George Welch Elementary School0.9 mi · 429
- West Ridge Middle School1.8 mi · 681
- Good Hope Middle School1.9 mi · 601
- Kiroli Elementary School2.2 mi · 450
- Highland Elementary School2.4 mi · 263
- Drew Elementary School2.9 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Claiborne SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Claiborne School?
Claiborne School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Claiborne School serve?
Claiborne School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Claiborne School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Claiborne School is approximately 16.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Claiborne School?
At Claiborne School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Claiborne School?
Claiborne School is overseen by Ouachita Parish in Ouachita Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.