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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at E. E. Lyon Elementary School?
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Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001282
E. E. Lyon Elementary School
1615 North Florida Street, Covington, LA 70433 · (985) 892-0869 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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.
- 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
11.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
387 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 73 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 22% |
Student demographics
71%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
38.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -18.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 18 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 E. E. Lyon Elementary School
E. E. Lyon Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. E. Lyon Elementary School this school | 628 | 61.6% | 41.0% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 551 | 56.8% | 38.2% |
| Arabi Elementary School Arabi | 567 | 57.3% | 38.7% |
| Sugar Mill Primary Prairieville | 644 | 55.7% | 44.3% |
| Duplessis Primary School Gonzales | 539 | 58.8% | 47.5% |
| Charles M. Burke Elementary School Duson | 564 | 67.0% | 40.3% |
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 E. E. Lyon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #206 of 583 | #15 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #312 of 582 ▼ 81 | #18 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #316 of 587 ▼ 36 | #18 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.0pp | #18 of 540 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #122 of 714 | #8 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #145 of 655 | #14 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #14 of 655 | #1 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #521 of 705 | #8 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #165 of 197 | #8 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
628
+144 (+30%) vs 2020
+138% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 628 | 53.2 | 11.8:1 | 62% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 52.8 | 13.1:1 | 62% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 38.5 | 17.2:1 | 63% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 64% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 38.7 | 15.8:1 | 69% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 72% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 74% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 52% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 19 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E. E. Lyon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (610 to 628); teachers up 37% (38.7 to 53.2).
About E. E. Lyon Elementary School
At 1615 North Florida Street in Covington, Louisiana, E. E. Lyon Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 3. Enrollment is 628 students. That is 39% above the average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish enrolls 35,956 students in 55 schools, including E. E. Lyon Elementary School.
White students make up 39% of enrollment at E. E. Lyon Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 29% Black, 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 74% White among all St. Tammany Parish residents. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at E. E. Lyon Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 11.8:1 is based on 53.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 44% for public schools in St. Tammany Parish.
E. E. Lyon Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, E. E. Lyon Elementary School is 1.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.0% actual, 40.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In St. Tammany Parish, the median household earns about $81,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Tammany Parish, 56 public schools serve about 36,212 students.
Pine View Middle School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.7%; E. E. Lyon Elementary School's is 41.0%, ranking 3rd of 6.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 144 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.1 to 11.8 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the E. E. Lyon Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Tammany Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
272,421
Census ACS
Median income
$81,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
36,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Tammany Parish
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Covington
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Lee Road Junior High SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Pine View Middle SchoolMiddle · 694 students
- Covington Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- William Pitcher Junior High SchoolMiddle · 266 students
- Louisiana Key Academy NorthshoreElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Pine View Middle School0.7 mi · 694
- Louisiana Key Academy Northshore1.0 mi · 256
- Covington Elementary School1.4 mi · 551
- William Pitcher Junior High School1.5 mi · 266
- Covington High School2.0 mi · 1,600
- Abita Springs Middle School3.7 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About E. E. Lyon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend E. E. Lyon Elementary School?
E. E. Lyon Elementary School enrolls approximately 628 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does E. E. Lyon Elementary School serve?
E. E. Lyon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at E. E. Lyon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at E. E. Lyon Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at E. E. Lyon Elementary School?
At E. E. Lyon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 23% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is E. E. Lyon Elementary School public or private?
E. E. Lyon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.