Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONCORDIA PARISH·NCES 220048000321
Ferriday Upper Elementary School
151 Martin Luther King, Ferriday, LA 71334 · (318) 757-3105 · Concordia Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
12.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
226 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 81 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
18.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Ferriday Upper Elementary School
Ferriday Upper Elementary School's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferriday Upper Elementary School this school | 242 | 93.4% | 15.7% |
| LaGrange Elementary School Franklin | 221 | 93.2% | 12.0% |
| W.P. Foster Elementary School Franklin | 222 | 95.5% | 15.8% |
| Raintree Elementary School Baldwin | 254 | 91.3% | 33.3% |
| Dr. Raphael A. Baranco Elementary School Lafayette | 247 | 93.1% | 14.5% |
| Midway Professional Development Center Shreveport | 234 | 91.5% | 14.2% |
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 Ferriday Upper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #502 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #499 of 582 ▼ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #551 of 587 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #238 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #608 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #217 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #498 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #77 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #162 of 436 |
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
242
-36 (-13%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 242 | 19.5 | 12.4:1 | 93% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 242 | 22.5 | 10.7:1 | 88% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 90% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 92% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 18.4 | 16.4:1 | 87% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | N/A | N/A | 98% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 27 | 13.1:1 | 99% (350) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 98% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 30 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferriday Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (302 to 242); teachers up 5% (18.4 to 19.5).
About Ferriday Upper Elementary School
Families in Ferriday, Louisiana, are served by Ferriday Upper Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. There are 242 students enrolled, covering grades 3 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 47% below that mark.
Ferriday Upper Elementary School is one of the 10 schools that make up Concordia Parish (2,911 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, Ferriday Upper Elementary School is 83% Black. The remaining shares are 12% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Concordia Parish as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at Ferriday Upper Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 226 students, or 93%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Concordia Parish average 80%.
Ferriday Upper Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ferriday Upper Elementary School is 1.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 15.7%. Predicted: 17.1%.
In the surrounding county, Concordia Parish, the median household earns about $39,943 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 25% of people live in poverty. Counting Ferriday Upper Elementary School, Concordia Parish has 11 public schools.
Ferriday Junior High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Ferriday Upper Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Ferriday Upper Elementary School holds 5 other public schools.
Locale data from NCES put Ferriday Upper Elementary School in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment fell by 13% across 4 years, from 278 in 2020-21 to 242 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.9:1 to 12.4:1.
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Concordia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,174
Census ACS
Median income
$39,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,396 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Concordia Parish
- Vidalia Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Monterey High SchoolCombined · 369 students
- Vidalia High SchoolHigh · 364 students
- Vidalia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 336 students
- Vidalia Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Ferriday Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other schools in Ferriday
- Delta Charter School MSTCombined · 485 students
- Ferriday Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Ferriday High SchoolHigh · 289 students
- Ferriday Junior High SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- Concordia Education CenterCombined · 26 students
Nearby schools
- Ferriday Junior High School0.1 mi · 241
- Concordia Education Center0.3 mi · 26
- Ferriday High School1.3 mi · 289
- Ferriday Lower Elementary School1.5 mi · 313
- Delta Charter School MST2.1 mi · 485
- Vidalia High School7.0 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Ferriday Upper Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ferriday Upper Elementary School?
Ferriday Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Ferriday Upper Elementary School serve?
Ferriday Upper Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ferriday Upper Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ferriday Upper Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ferriday Upper Elementary School?
At Ferriday Upper Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 2% Hispanic, 83% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Ferriday Upper Elementary School public or private?
Ferriday Upper Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Concordia Parish.
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