Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN PARISH·NCES 220066000486
Fort Necessity School
10630 Highway 562, Fort Necessity, LA 71243 · (318) 723-4793 · Franklin Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
10.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
203 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 70% smaller than its 8th grade class (50).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Fort Necessity School→Franklin Parish High School
Based on grade levels within Franklin Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
24.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 34.2%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 1 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | N/A |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Fort Necessity School
Fort Necessity School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Necessity School this school | 254 | 79.9% | 14.2% |
| Grand Coteau Elementary School Grand Coteau | 269 | 77.7% | 32.5% |
| Grand Prairie Elementary School Washington | 264 | 75.0% | 45.2% |
| Dularge Elementary School Houma | 244 | 81.1% | 62.2% |
| Ringgold Elementary School Ringgold | 195 | 79.5% | 28.2% |
| North Crowley Elementary School Crowley | 254 | 83.1% | 20.0% |
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 Fort Necessity School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #527 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #547 of 582 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #494 of 587 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #598 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #61 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #265 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #275 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #155 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
254
-40 (-14%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 254 | 24.5 | 10.4:1 | 80% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 24.3 | 12.6:1 | 77% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 18.3 | 17.5:1 | 78% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 69% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 18.7 | 17.1:1 | 57% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | N/A | N/A | 57% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 87% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 74% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Necessity School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (319 to 254); teachers up 31% (18.7 to 24.5).
About Fort Necessity School
Fort Necessity School is an elementary school in Fort Necessity, Louisiana, and it is part of Franklin Parish. A federal count lists 254 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Louisiana) has about 453 students.
Franklin Parish has 2,454 students in 6 schools, and Fort Necessity School is one of those schools.
At 53%, White students outnumber all other groups at Fort Necessity School combined. Other students are 42% Black and 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Franklin Parish residents are about 66% White. Fort Necessity School has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Fort Necessity School, 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Roughly 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Franklin Parish, the average is about the same, 77%.
Fort Necessity School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Fort Necessity School would score about 26.8%. It scores 14.2%, a bottom-10% result among Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Franklin Parish, median household income is about $47,020, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Franklin Parish number 6 and enroll about 2,454.
The closest public school, Gilbert School, is about 9.0 miles from Fort Necessity School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fort Necessity School is 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 254, 14% below the 294 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.4:1, from 16.3:1.
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Franklin Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,408
Census ACS
Median income
$47,020
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Parish
- Franklin Parish High SchoolHigh · 706 students
- Crowville SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Gilbert SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Winnsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Baskin SchoolElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- Gilbert School9.0 mi · 394
- Franklin Parish High School9.1 mi · 706
- Winnsboro Elementary School9.9 mi · 366
- Baskin School15.6 mi · 325
- Union Central Elementary School15.6 mi · 215
- Columbia Elementary School15.7 mi · 191
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Necessity SchoolHow large is Fort Necessity School?
Fort Necessity School enrolls approximately 254 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Fort Necessity School serve?
Fort Necessity School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Fort Necessity School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Fort Necessity School.
How diverse is Fort Necessity School?
Fort Necessity School reports a student body of 53% White, 2% Hispanic, 42% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Necessity School?
Fort Necessity School is overseen by Franklin Parish in Franklin Parish.
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