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What tradition at Drew Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120000989
Drew Elementary School
1132 Highway 15, West Monroe, LA 71291 · (318) 396-7186 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- A-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
16.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
241 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
20%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
64.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -13.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 13 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Drew Elementary School
Drew Elementary School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Elementary School this school | 537 | 44.9% | 62.7% |
| Choudrant Elementary School Choudrant | 536 | 41.8% | 51.2% |
| Frasch Elementary School Sulphur | 522 | 43.7% | 55.2% |
| South Beauregard Elementary School Longville | 644 | 47.5% | 38.3% |
| Richard Elementary School Church Point | 458 | 48.7% | 47.3% |
| Dozier Elementary School Erath | 556 | 46.8% | 59.2% |
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 Drew Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #42 of 583 | #1 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #157 of 582 ▼ 104 | #7 of 30 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #64 of 587 ▼ 10 | #3 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #38 of 540 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #215 of 714 | #5 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #588 of 655 | #26 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #544 of 655 | #17 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #644 of 705 | #33 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #68 of 197 | #2 of 9 |
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
537
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 537 | 32.5 | 16.5:1 | 45% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 35.6 | 15.3:1 | 46% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 29.9 | 18.2:1 | 44% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 27% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 41% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 46% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 36% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 27% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Drew Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (450 to 537); teachers up 55% (21 to 32.5).
About Drew Elementary School
The public elementary school Drew Elementary School is located in West Monroe, Louisiana. It enrolled 537 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Ouachita Parish oversees Drew Elementary School and 35 other schools, with 17,435 students in total.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Drew Elementary School. Smaller groups are 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Ouachita Parish is roughly 56% White. Drew Elementary School's diversity index is 20%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.5:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.5 students per teacher above the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 45%. That is 22 points below the 67% average for public schools in Ouachita Parish.
The allk12 Grade for Drew Elementary School is A-. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Drew Elementary School would score about 52.1%. It scores 62.7%, 10.6 points above that figure.
Ouachita Parish has about 158,480 residents, and the median household income is $54,688, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. In all, Ouachita Parish has 59 public schools and roughly 25,952 students.
West Ridge Middle School is located about 2.8 miles from Drew Elementary School. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Drew Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 7% from 2020-21, when Drew Elementary School had 502 students, to 2024-25, when it had 537. Students per teacher fell from 20.1 in 2020-21 to 16.5 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 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
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Other Drew Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Drew Elementary. Drew Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Drew Elementary SchoolCROSBY, TX · 602 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 223 students
Nearby schools
- West Ridge Middle School2.8 mi · 681
- Claiborne School2.9 mi · 643
- George Welch Elementary School2.9 mi · 429
- Good Hope Middle School4.4 mi · 601
- Kiroli Elementary School4.8 mi · 450
- Highland Elementary School5.3 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Drew Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Drew Elementary School?
Drew Elementary School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Drew Elementary School serve?
Drew Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Drew Elementary School have?
Drew Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Drew Elementary School?
Student demographics at Drew Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Drew Elementary School?
Drew Elementary 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.