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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001279
Folsom Elementary School
82144 Highway 25, Folsom, LA 70437 · (985) 796-3820 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
231 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 | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
42%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
53.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Folsom Elementary School
Folsom Elementary School's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Elementary School this school | 453 | 51.0% | 50.7% |
| Welsh Elementary School Welsh | 499 | 50.5% | 39.2% |
| Kiroli Elementary School West Monroe | 450 | 47.1% | 47.8% |
| Central Elementary School Dubberly | 427 | 54.3% | 36.2% |
| Lockport Upper Elementary School Lockport | 374 | 52.9% | 61.8% |
| LeBleu Settlement Elementary School Lake Charles | 386 | 53.6% | 66.8% |
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 Folsom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #101 of 583 | #6 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #196 of 582 ▼ 50 | #12 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #153 of 587 ▼ 2 | #9 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.0pp | #48 of 540 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #315 of 714 | #14 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #208 of 655 | #21 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #423 of 655 | #21 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #605 of 705 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #180 of 197 | #10 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
453
+80 (+21%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 453 | 36.8 | 12.3:1 | 51% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 36.9 | 13.1:1 | 53% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 28.1 | 15.9:1 | 48% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 59% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 67% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 69% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 54% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Folsom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (446 to 453); teachers up 36% (27 to 36.8).
About Folsom Elementary School
Folsom Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Louisiana, with an address in Folsom. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 453 students.
St. Tammany Parish is responsible for 55 schools, Folsom Elementary School included, with 35,956 students in all.
Folsom Elementary School's enrollment is 75% White. Other groups make up 14% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Folsom Elementary School comes in at 42%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.3:1, with 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 14.0:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Folsom Elementary School is 51%.
allk12 grades Folsom Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Folsom Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 50.7% is 3.0 points above the 47.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe St. Tammany Parish this way: median household income is about $81,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of St. Tammany Parish number 56 and enroll about 36,212.
Folsom Junior High School is the closest public school, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line. There are 6 more public schools inside ten miles. By average proficiency, Folsom Elementary School is 1st among 6 schools close by.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 453 was 21% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 373. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.3:1 to 12.3:1.
Community posts for Folsom Elementary School can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Folsom Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Folsom Elementary. Folsom Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- FOLSOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTHONOTOSASSA, FL · 484 students
- Folsom Elementary SchoolFolsom, NJ · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Folsom Junior High School1.6 mi · 183
- Lee Road Junior High School7.1 mi · 727
- Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center9.2 mi · 72
- Enon Elementary School9.2 mi · 263
- Louisiana Key Academy Northshore9.6 mi · 256
- Covington High School9.6 mi · 1,600
Frequently asked questions
About Folsom Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Folsom Elementary School?
Folsom Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Folsom Elementary School serve?
Folsom Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Folsom Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Folsom Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Folsom Elementary School?
Student demographics at Folsom Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Folsom Elementary School public or private?
Folsom 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.