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Does Eastside Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102000726
Eastside Elementary School
9735 Lockhart Road, Denham Springs, LA 70726 · (225) 791-8581 · Livingston Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- BThree-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
12.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
294 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
69.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 24 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 Eastside Elementary School
Eastside Elementary School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Elementary School this school | 439 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| J.F. Gauthier School St. Bernard | 500 | 67.2% | 45.3% |
| Berwick Elementary School Berwick | 420 | 62.9% | 47.5% |
| Bellingrath Hills Elementary School Greenwell Springs | 378 | 66.1% | N/A |
| Bayou Blue Elementary School Houma | 454 | 61.5% | N/A |
| Vinton Elementary School Vinton | 374 | 71.1% | 18.3% |
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 Eastside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #53 of 583 | #2 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #87 of 582 ▲ 7 | #4 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #44 of 587 ▼ 4 | #3 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #240 of 540 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #333 of 714 | #18 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #185 of 655 | #3 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #296 of 655 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #451 of 705 | #19 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #194 of 436 | #2 of 6 |
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
439
-59 (-12%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 439 | 36.1 | 12.2:1 | 67% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34.5 | 13.6:1 | 61% (285) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 25.8 | 19.8:1 | 59% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 27 | 19.8:1 | 20% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 43% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 42% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 45% (262) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (535 to 439); teachers up 34% (27 to 36.1).
About Eastside Elementary School
Eastside Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Denham Springs, Louisiana. The student body numbers 439 students, from pre-K through 5.
Livingston Parish runs 43 schools with a combined 27,209 students. Eastside Elementary School is one of them.
At 66%, White students outnumber all other groups at Eastside Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Livingston Parish, the White share is about 81%. By the diversity index, Eastside Elementary School comes in at 52%.
Its teaching staff equals 36.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 67%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Eastside Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Eastside Elementary School are 23.9 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.0%, compared with a predicted 36.1%, which ranks in the top 10% in Louisiana.
Census estimates describe Livingston Parish this way: median household income is about $80,122, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Livingston Parish number 44 and enroll about 27,209.
Freshwater Elementary School is located about 1.5 miles from Eastside Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Eastside Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Eastside Elementary School had 498 students in 2020-21 and 439 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.8:1 to 12.2:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Denham Springs
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- North Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
Other Eastside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Eastside Elementary. Eastside Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 25.
- Eastside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 867 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolRockmart, GA · 764 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBROOKSVILLE, FL · 754 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 747 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolCairo, GA · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Freshwater Elementary School1.5 mi · 370
- Denham Springs Junior High School1.9 mi · 811
- Northside Elementary School2.0 mi · 466
- Westside Junior High School2.4 mi · 397
- Walker High School2.4 mi · 2,006
- Denham Springs High School2.4 mi · 2,385
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Eastside Elementary School serve?
Eastside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastside Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastside Elementary School?
At Eastside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School is overseen by Livingston Parish in Livingston Parish.
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