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Which teacher or staff member at Curtis Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000124
Curtis Elementary School
5600 Barksdale Boulevard, Bossier City, LA 71112 · (318) 549-6450 · Bossier Parish
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
254 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 222 | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 219 | 50% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
45.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
33.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Curtis Elementary School
Curtis Elementary School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Elementary School this school | 441 | 57.6% | 37.7% |
| Sallie Humble Elementary School Monroe | 579 | 56.6% | 46.3% |
| Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School Lafayette | 484 | 63.2% | 40.2% |
| Joseph J. Davies Elementary School Meraux | 593 | 57.8% | 49.0% |
| Great Hearts Harveston Baton Rouge | 579 | 62.0% | 34.8% |
| Lacoste Elementary School Chalmette | 621 | 55.2% | 43.5% |
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 Curtis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #249 of 583 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #304 of 582 ▼ 69 | #12 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #236 of 587 ▲ 16 | #12 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #229 of 540 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #324 of 714 | #13 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #598 of 655 | #18 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #79 of 655 | #3 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #560 of 705 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #303 of 436 | #12 of 14 |
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
441
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 441 | 26.4 | 16.7:1 | 58% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 62% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 22.9 | 21.6:1 | 58% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 20 | 19.9:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 45% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 33% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 26 | 20.0:1 | 21% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 32 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curtis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (489 to 441); teachers up 5% (25 to 26.4).
About Curtis Elementary School
Curtis Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Bossier City, Louisiana, (ZIP code 71112). The school teaches grades 4 through 5 and enrolls 441 students.
Bossier Parish, which runs Curtis Elementary School, has 34 schools and 22,233 students.
White students are 51% of those enrolled at Curtis Elementary School. Other reported shares: 25% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Bossier Parish residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
A staff of 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%.
Curtis 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 45% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Curtis Elementary School is 5.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Bossier Parish show that the median household earns about $69,617 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Bossier Parish has 34 public schools with about 22,233 students, including Curtis Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Curtis Elementary School is closest to Parkway High School, about 0.6 miles away. Curtis Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Curtis Elementary School at 3rd of 6.
For locale, NCES codes Curtis Elementary School as City: Small.
The school grew from 399 students in 2020-21 to 441 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.7:1.
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Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Bossier City
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Cope Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Bossier High SchoolHigh · 654 students
Other Curtis Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Curtis Elementary. Curtis Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Curtis Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 585 students
- Curtis Elementary SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 509 students
- Curtis Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Parkway High School0.6 mi · 1,279
- Elm Grove Middle School2.6 mi · 916
- Sun City Elementary School2.6 mi · 492
- Riverside Elementary School3.3 mi · 404
- Bellaire Elementary School3.5 mi · 406
- University Elementary School3.7 mi · 837
Frequently asked questions
About Curtis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Curtis Elementary School?
Curtis Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades 04-05.
Is Curtis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Curtis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many students per teacher at Curtis Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Curtis Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Curtis Elementary School?
At Curtis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 10% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Curtis Elementary School public or private?
Curtis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bossier Parish.
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