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How has Duplessis Primary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009001540
Duplessis Primary School
38101 Hwy 621, Gonzales, LA 70737 · (225) 391-6650 · Ascension Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- C-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
12.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
317 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
68%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
47.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
37.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Duplessis Primary School
Duplessis Primary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duplessis Primary School this school | 539 | 58.8% | 47.5% |
| Sugar Mill Primary Prairieville | 644 | 55.7% | 44.3% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 551 | 56.8% | 38.2% |
| E. E. Lyon Elementary School Covington | 628 | 61.6% | 41.0% |
| Central Primary School Gonzales | 626 | 54.8% | 49.5% |
| Arabi Elementary School Arabi | 567 | 57.3% | 38.7% |
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 Duplessis Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #123 of 583 | #13 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #253 of 582 ▼ 5 | #15 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #219 of 587 ▼ 125 | #17 of 18 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #108 of 540 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #213 of 714 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #234 of 655 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #48 of 655 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #548 of 705 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #105 of 436 | #4 of 12 |
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
539
-199 (-27%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 539 | 42.7 | 12.6:1 | 59% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 51.8 | 11.8:1 | 54% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 634 | 40.7 | 15.6:1 | 55% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 52% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 43.5 | 16.7:1 | 34% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 59% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 56% (386) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Duplessis Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (727 to 539); teachers down 2% (43.5 to 42.7).
About Duplessis Primary School
Duplessis Primary School is a public elementary school in Gonzales, Louisiana. The school serves 539 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Ascension Parish runs Duplessis Primary School along with 31 other schools, enrolling 23,743 students in total.
Black students are the largest group at Duplessis Primary School, with 37% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 36% White, 22% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The school's Black share is 14 points above the 23% share among Ascension Parish residents. Duplessis Primary School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Duplessis Primary School operates with 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Duplessis Primary School reports 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Duplessis Primary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Louisiana, Duplessis Primary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.5% actual against a predicted 42.0%.
In Ascension Parish (population about 130,314), median household income is about $91,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 32 public schools operate in Ascension Parish, serving about 23,743 students.
Nearest public school: Bluff Ridge Primary, about 1.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Duplessis Primary School places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Duplessis Primary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 738 to 539. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.4:1 to 12.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Ascension Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,314
Census ACS
Median income
$91,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
23,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascension Parish
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,096 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
Other schools in Gonzales
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Gonzales Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Central Primary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 512 students
- Pecan Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- G. W. Carver Primary SchoolElementary · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Bluff Ridge Primary1.3 mi · 677
- Dutchtown Middle School1.3 mi · 605
- Dutchtown Primary School1.4 mi · 541
- Dutchtown High School1.4 mi · 2,029
- Sugar Mill Primary1.8 mi · 644
- Spanish Lake Primary School2.5 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Duplessis Primary SchoolHow many students attend Duplessis Primary School?
Duplessis Primary School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Duplessis Primary School serve?
Duplessis Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Duplessis Primary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Duplessis Primary School.
What is the student diversity at Duplessis Primary School?
Student demographics at Duplessis Primary School are roughly 36% White, 22% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Duplessis Primary School in?
Duplessis Primary School is part of Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.