Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFOURCHE PARISH·NCES 220090000704
Galliano Elementary School
148 W. 158TH Street, Galliano, LA 70354 · (985) 632-7211 · Lafourche Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% 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
16.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
284 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 33 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
35.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -21.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 21 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 35.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Galliano Elementary School
Galliano Elementary School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galliano Elementary School this school | 383 | 74.2% | 39.5% |
| Northside Elementary School Denham Springs | 466 | 78.5% | 37.0% |
| Bayou Vista Elementary School Morgan City | 340 | 66.8% | 46.0% |
| M.E. Norman Elementary School Morgan City | 335 | 77.0% | 23.7% |
| Lewis Vincent Elementary School Denham Springs | 487 | 71.3% | 45.2% |
| Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary School Houma | 627 | 76.4% | 38.5% |
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 Galliano Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafourche Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #221 of 583 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #270 of 582 ▼ 92 | #12 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #348 of 587 ▼ 112 | #13 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.5pp | #21 of 540 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #420 of 714 | #9 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #572 of 655 | #15 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #201 of 655 | #6 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #353 of 705 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #285 of 436 | #10 of 15 |
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
383
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 383 | 23.6 | 16.2:1 | 74% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 26.6 | 16.0:1 | 69% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 21.2 | 18.2:1 | 69% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 43% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 22.8 | 18.9:1 | 73% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 74% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 64% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 56% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galliano Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (431 to 383); teachers up 4% (22.8 to 23.6).
About Galliano Elementary School
Galliano Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Galliano, Louisiana. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 383 students.
Lafourche Parish counts 13,326 students in its 30 schools, and Galliano Elementary School is one of them.
At Galliano Elementary School, 56% of students are White. Smaller groups are 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Native American. For comparison, the population of Lafourche Parish is roughly 75% White. The diversity index for Galliano Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Galliano Elementary School has 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 74% at Galliano Elementary School. The rate at public schools in Lafourche Parish averages 63%, lower than here.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Galliano Elementary School outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 30.9%. Galliano Elementary School scores 39.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Lafourche Parish show that the median household earns about $63,135 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Lafourche Parish, 32 public schools serve about 13,426 students.
Measured in a straight line, South Lafourche High School is about 1.8 miles from Galliano Elementary School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 39.5% is below the 45.7% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 397 to 383. Students per teacher dropped from 18.1 in 2020-21 to 16.2 in 2024-25.
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Lafourche Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,252
Census ACS
Median income
$63,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
13,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafourche Parish
- Central Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 1,307 students
- Thibodaux High SchoolHigh · 1,306 students
- South Lafourche High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Thibodaux Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Thibodaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Bayou Community Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 499 students
Nearby schools
- South Lafourche High School1.8 mi · 990
- Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School2.8 mi · 125
- Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School2.8 mi · 155
- Golden Meadow Middle School3.0 mi · 318
- Cut Off Elementary School6.7 mi · 395
- South Larose Elementary School9.1 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Galliano Elementary SchoolHow large is Galliano Elementary School?
Galliano Elementary School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Galliano Elementary School serve?
Galliano Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Galliano Elementary School have?
Galliano Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Galliano Elementary School?
At Galliano Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 31% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Galliano Elementary School?
Galliano Elementary School is overseen by Lafourche Parish in Lafourche Parish.
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