Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH·NCES 220153000430
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.
240 Hwy 54, Garyville, LA 70051 · (985) 535-5400 · St. John the Baptist Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A+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
9.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
257 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 56 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 73% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.→East St. John High School
Based on grade levels within St. John the Baptist Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
42.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +18.0pp since 2022
Math
29.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 18 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
22.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.'s state test result (22.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. this school | 305 | 84.3% | 22.8% |
| The Leah Chase School New Orleans | 294 | 83.3% | N/A |
| Fifth Ward Elementary School Reserve | 306 | 86.9% | 15.3% |
| W. Smith Jr. Elementary School Violet | 333 | 88.9% | 23.2% |
| Riverbend Elementary School West Monroe | 301 | 81.1% | 18.7% |
| Baker Heights Elementary School Baker | 381 | 89.0% | 7.6% |
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 Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. John the Baptist Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #409 of 583 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #335 of 582 ▲ 31 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #271 of 587 ▲ 73 | #3 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #11 of 540 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #534 of 714 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #32 of 655 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #475 of 655 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #208 of 705 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #176 of 436 | 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
305
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 305 | 31.5 | 9.7:1 | 84% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 33.2 | 9.8:1 | 81% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 28.1 | 11.5:1 | 41% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 30 | 10.4:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 25.9 | 14.6:1 | 70% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 313 | N/A | N/A | 72% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 93% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 76% (508) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl..
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (377 to 305); teachers up 22% (25.9 to 31.5).
About Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.
This page covers Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl., a low-enrollment elementary school in Garyville, Louisiana. It enrolled 305 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 33% lower than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana, which is about 453.
St. John the Baptist Parish runs 10 schools with a combined 5,039 students. Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. is one of them.
Black students account for 80% of enrollment at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% White. The county population is about 57% Black. By the diversity index, Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. comes in at 35%.
Federal staffing data show 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. and a ratio of 9.7:1. That ratio is under the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 84% of students.
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.6% for Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.. The school posts 22.8%, within a point of the prediction.
Within St. John the Baptist Parish, median household income is about $66,630, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of St. John the Baptist Parish number 10 and enroll about 5,039.
Of nearby public schools, West St. John Elementary School (K-7) is the closest, at about 3.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (311) and 2024-25 (305).
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St. John the Baptist Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,743
Census ACS
Median income
$66,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. John the Baptist Parish
- East St. John High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 754 students
- LaPlace Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Emily C. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 318 students
Nearby schools
- West St. John Elementary School (K-7)3.5 mi · 188
- Gramercy Elementary School3.8 mi · 403
- Lutcher High School4.2 mi · 908
- West St. John High School4.7 mi · 186
- Fifth Ward Elementary School5.6 mi · 306
- Paulina Elementary School5.7 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.What is the total enrollment at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.?
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. serve?
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. is approximately 9.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.?
Student demographics at Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. are roughly 2% White, 12% Hispanic, 80% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. in?
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. is part of St. John the Baptist Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.