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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009001976
Dutchtown Primary School
13046 Hwy 73, Geismar, LA 70734 · (225) 391-7850 · Ascension Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
12.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
280 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 | 21 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
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
67.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -14.0pp since 2022
Math
57.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -17.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 17 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 67.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 74.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Dutchtown Primary School
Dutchtown Primary School's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchtown Primary School this school | 541 | 51.8% | 65.3% |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Slidell | 593 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Whispering Forest Elementary School Slidell | 453 | 54.1% | 45.8% |
| A.C. Steere Elementary School Shreveport | 443 | 46.5% | 41.0% |
| Bonne Ecole Elementary School Slidell | 651 | 54.2% | 41.5% |
| Sun City Elementary School Bossier City | 492 | 49.4% | 41.2% |
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 Dutchtown Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #33 of 583 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #70 of 582 ▼ 22 | #7 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #48 of 587 ▼ 20 | #6 of 18 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.5pp | #14 of 540 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #211 of 714 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #223 of 655 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #83 of 655 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #603 of 705 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #44 of 436 | #2 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
541
-53 (-9%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 541 | 43.2 | 12.5:1 | 52% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 41.6 | 14.5:1 | 47% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 33.5 | 18.0:1 | 43% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 32% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 29% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 34% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 37% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 1,052 | 66 | 15.9:1 | 36% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 32 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dutchtown Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (824 to 541); teachers up 1% (43 to 43.2).
About Dutchtown Primary School
Dutchtown Primary School is one of the public schools in Geismar, Louisiana. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 541 students.
Ascension Parish counts 23,743 students in its 32 schools, and Dutchtown Primary School is one of them.
The largest group at Dutchtown Primary School is White students, at 49%. After that, the student body is 29% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Ascension Parish is about 64% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The school has 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 14.0:1. The school reported 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Ascension Parish average a similar 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dutchtown Primary School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Dutchtown Primary School is a top-10% school in Louisiana on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.1% with an actual 65.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Ascension Parish show that the median household earns about $91,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Ascension Parish has 32 public schools with about 23,743 students, including Dutchtown Primary School.
Dutchtown Primary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Dutchtown Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Dutchtown Primary School's average proficiency of 65.3% compares with 56.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 594 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 541 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.5:1, from 18.6:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Geismar
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- Dutchtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Spanish Lake Primary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Dutchtown Middle School0.1 mi · 605
- Dutchtown High School0.3 mi · 2,029
- Spanish Lake Primary School1.4 mi · 480
- Duplessis Primary School1.4 mi · 539
- Bluff Ridge Primary1.4 mi · 677
- Bluff Middle School3.0 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Dutchtown Primary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dutchtown Primary School?
Dutchtown Primary School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dutchtown Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dutchtown Primary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dutchtown Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dutchtown Primary School is approximately 12.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dutchtown Primary School?
At Dutchtown Primary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 15% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Dutchtown Primary School public or private?
Dutchtown Primary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ascension Parish.
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