Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVOYELLES PARISH·NCES 220015000064
Cottonport Elementary
950 Lemoine Street, Cottonport, LA 71327 · (318) 876-3404 · Avoyelles Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
24.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
227 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 57% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
48%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
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
LA avg 34.2%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 7 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 7.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 6.0% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | N/A |
% 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
11.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Cottonport Elementary
Cottonport Elementary's state test result (11.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonport Elementary this school | 255 | 89.0% | 11.2% |
| Browning Elementary School Springhill | 252 | 89.7% | N/A |
| Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School Jonesboro | 291 | 89.0% | 12.5% |
| Raintree Elementary School Baldwin | 254 | 91.3% | 33.3% |
| North Iberville Elementary Rosedale | 272 | 85.7% | 27.0% |
| Ross Elementary School Crowley | 256 | 92.6% | 14.5% |
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 Cottonport Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Avoyelles Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #561 of 583 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #568 of 582 ▼ 2 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #540 of 587 ▼ 96 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #595 of 714 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #649 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #361 of 655 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #139 of 705 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.4% | #24 of 436 | 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
255
-93 (-27%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 255 | 10.3 | 24.9:1 | 89% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 76% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 13.1 | 24.3:1 | 71% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 14 | 24.9:1 | 75% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 20.5 | 20.5:1 | 68% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 54% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 95% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 88% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 34 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottonport Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (421 to 255); teachers down 50% (20.5 to 10.3).
About Cottonport Elementary
Cottonport Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Cottonport, Louisiana. Its 255 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 44% smaller than the 453 average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Cottonport Elementary falls under Avoyelles Parish, which has 10 schools enrolling 4,794 students.
Black students make up a majority at Cottonport Elementary, at 68%. Smaller groups are 23% White and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Avoyelles Parish is roughly 27% Black. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 10.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.9:1. That is 10.9 students per teacher above the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Cottonport Elementary is 89%. On average, public schools in Avoyelles Parish report 73%.
Cottonport Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 20.2%. Cottonport Elementary scores 11.2%.
Avoyelles Parish has about 38,905 residents, and the median household income is $39,325, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Cottonport Elementary, Avoyelles Parish has 12 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Plaucheville Elementary School, about 4.2 miles away. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cottonport Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Cottonport Elementary as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 255 students in 2024-25, 93 fewer than the 348 it had in 2020-21.
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Avoyelles Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,905
Census ACS
Median income
$39,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avoyelles Parish
- Bunkie Magnet High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- Marksville High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Marksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Plaucheville Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Lafargue Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Avoyelles High SchoolHigh · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Plaucheville Elementary School4.2 mi · 582
- Red River Charter Academy5.5 mi · 141
- LA School for Ag Science5.8 mi · 412
- Avoyelles High School6.0 mi · 465
- Avoyelles Public Charter School6.8 mi · 735
- Central Southwest Alternative High School7.4 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Cottonport ElementaryHow large is Cottonport Elementary?
Cottonport Elementary enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Cottonport Elementary serve?
Cottonport Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cottonport Elementary?
Approximately 24.9:1 students per teacher at Cottonport Elementary.
How diverse is Cottonport Elementary?
Cottonport Elementary reports a student body of 23% White, 0% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cottonport Elementary public or private?
Cottonport Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Avoyelles Parish.
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