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What advice would you give to incoming students at Galvez Primary School?
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Enrollment
783
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009001862
Galvez Primary School
16093 Henderson Bayou Road, Prairieville, LA 70769 · (225) 391-6600 · Ascension Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL783 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- C+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
14.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
398 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 23 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
64.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Galvez Primary School
Galvez Primary School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galvez Primary School this school | 783 | 50.8% | 57.8% |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Slidell | 593 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Bonne Ecole Elementary School Slidell | 651 | 54.2% | 41.5% |
| Abita Springs Elementary School Abita Springs | 587 | 50.3% | 45.0% |
| Haughton Elementary School Haughton | 618 | 52.8% | 47.0% |
| Tanglewood Elementary School Baton Rouge | 622 | 55.5% | N/A |
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 Galvez Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #61 of 583 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #58 of 582 ▲ 6 | #6 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #61 of 587 ▲ 18 | #7 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #205 of 540 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 783 | #46 of 714 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #473 of 655 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #155 of 655 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #609 of 705 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #113 of 197 | N/A |
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
783
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 868
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 783 | 52.9 | 14.8:1 | 51% (398) |
| 2023-24 | 824 | 57.9 | 14.2:1 | 49% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 842 | 45 | 18.7:1 | 48% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 40 | 20.1:1 | 37% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 36 | 19.9:1 | 40% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 43% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 43% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 37% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 868 | 43 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galvez Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (716 to 783); teachers up 47% (36 to 52.9).
About Galvez Primary School
Galvez Primary School sits in Prairieville, Louisiana, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment totals 783 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 453.
Ascension Parish serves 23,743 students across 32 schools.
Of every 100 students at Galvez Primary School, about 57 are White. It is also 20% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Galvez Primary School scores 60%.
A staff of 52.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. Compared with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 52% average for public schools in Ascension Parish.
Galvez Primary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Galvez Primary School would be expected to post about 47.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.8%.
Census data for Ascension Parish show the median household earns about $91,549 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Galvez Primary School, Ascension Parish has 32 public schools.
The closest school to Galvez Primary School is Galvez Middle School, located about 1.3 miles away. Galvez Primary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Galvez Primary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 57.8% against a local average of 50.2%.
Galvez Primary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 803 in 2020-21, 783 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.1:1 to 14.8:1.
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Ascension Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,314
Census ACS
Median income
$91,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
23,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascension Parish
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,096 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
Other schools in Prairieville
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Prairieville Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Oak Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 725 students
- Bluff Ridge PrimaryElementary · 677 students
- Bluff Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Galvez Middle School1.3 mi · 655
- Lake Elementary School2.1 mi · 1,096
- Lakeside Primary School2.3 mi · 545
- Central Middle School2.4 mi · 512
- Central Primary School2.7 mi · 626
- Prairieville Primary School2.8 mi · 865
Frequently asked questions
About Galvez Primary SchoolHow many students attend Galvez Primary School?
Galvez Primary School enrolls approximately 783 students in grades PK-05.
Is Galvez Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Galvez Primary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Galvez Primary School have?
Galvez Primary School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Galvez Primary School?
Student demographics at Galvez Primary School are roughly 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Galvez Primary School in?
Galvez Primary School is part of Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.