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What's one thing Delta Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOREHOUSE PARISH·NCES 220111000813
Delta Elementary School
7661 Mer Rouge/Collinston Road, Mer Rouge, LA 71261 · (318) 647-3443 · Morehouse Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
11.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
363 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Delta Elementary School→Bastrop High School
Based on grade levels within Morehouse Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
16.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
6.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 16.0% | 6.0% |
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 7.0% |
| 2023-24 | 6.0% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 7.0% | 5.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Delta Elementary School
Delta Elementary School's state test result (7.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Elementary School this school | 442 | 82.1% | 7.5% |
| Jack Hayes Elementary School Monroe | 501 | 81.4% | 20.2% |
| James Stephens Montessori School Ville Platte | 421 | 85.0% | 33.7% |
| J. A. Phillips Elementary School Minden | 429 | 82.1% | N/A |
| Combre-Fondel Elementary School Lake Charles | 426 | 85.7% | 22.0% |
| Vacherie Elementary School Vacherie | 364 | 79.7% | 26.5% |
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 Delta Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #580 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #578 of 582 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #561 of 587 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #131 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #322 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #100 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #480 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #248 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.1% | #63 of 197 |
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
442
-90 (-17%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 442 | 39.5 | 11.2:1 | 82% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 42.6 | 12.3:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 31.5 | 18.4:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 73% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 24.4 | 14.9:1 | 91% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 51 | 9.4:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 93% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 84% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (365 to 442); teachers up 62% (24.4 to 39.5).
About Delta Elementary School
Delta Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Mer Rouge, Louisiana. Federal data show 442 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
The district, Morehouse Parish, has 3,082 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Delta Elementary School is 80% Black. The remaining shares are 17% White. Morehouse Parish as a whole is about 48% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delta Elementary School is 11.2:1, based on 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Delta Elementary School counts 82% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Delta Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 25.2%. Delta Elementary School posts 7.5%, 17.7 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
For Morehouse Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $39,454, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 22%. The county has 5 public schools and about 3,082 students.
Among nearby public schools, Morehouse Magnet School is closest at about 6.5 miles. Delta Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within ten miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Delta Elementary School ranks 7th on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Delta Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Delta Elementary School enrolled 532 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 442. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.7:1 to 11.2:1.
Delta Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Morehouse Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,551
Census ACS
Median income
$39,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
3,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morehouse Parish
- Beekman Charter SchoolCombined · 1,053 students
- Bastrop High SchoolHigh · 794 students
- Morehouse Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Morehouse Magnet SchoolCombined · 284 students
Other Delta Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Delta Elementary. Delta Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Delta Elementary SchoolDelta, OH · 361 students
- Delta Elementary SchoolBay Minette, AL · 228 students
- DELTA ELEM.DELTA, MO · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Morehouse Magnet School6.5 mi · 284
- Morehouse Elementary School6.6 mi · 509
- Bastrop High School6.6 mi · 794
- Beekman Charter School12.5 mi · 1,053
- Sterlington Elementary School15.7 mi · 800
- East Ouachita Middle School15.8 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Delta Elementary SchoolHow large is Delta Elementary School?
Delta Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades PK-06.
Is Delta Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Delta Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delta Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delta Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Delta Elementary School?
Delta Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 1% Hispanic, 80% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Delta Elementary School?
Delta Elementary School is overseen by Morehouse Parish in Morehouse Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.