Enrollment
100
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATCHITOCHES PARISH·NCES 220114000830
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School
248 Ash Street, Goldonna, LA 71031 · (318) 727-9449 · Natchitoches Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL100 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
9.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
99 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 10% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School→Natchitoches Central High School
Based on grade levels within Natchitoches Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
28.0%
LA avg 41.4% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
20.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School this school | 100 | 99.0% | 22.2% |
| Stephensville Elementary School Morgan City | 96 | 97.9% | 60.2% |
| Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School Marthaville | 196 | 90.3% | 48.3% |
| North Webster Lower Elementary School Shongaloo | 118 | 82.2% | N/A |
| Jonesville Elementary School Jonesville | 211 | 95.7% | 27.7% |
| Columbia Elementary School Columbia | 191 | 78.5% | 17.5% |
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 Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Natchitoches Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #419 of 583 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #440 of 582 ▲ 57 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #444 of 587 ▼ 18 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 100 | #705 of 714 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #5 of 705 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.2% | #8 of 436 | #1 of 7 |
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
100
-66 (-40%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 313
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 100 | 11.1 | 9.0:1 | 99% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 15 | 8.5:1 | 89% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 13.9 | 10.6:1 | 92% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 11 | 15.1:1 | 88% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 11 | 18.6:1 | 56% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | N/A | N/A | 75% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 13 | 14.0:1 | 76% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 14 | 18.1:1 | 78% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 313 | 18 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 51% (205 to 100); teachers up 1% (11 to 11.1).
About Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is a very small elementary school in Louisiana, with an address in Goldonna. It reports enrollment of 100 students in pre-K through 8. The school is 78% below the average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Natchitoches Parish oversees Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School and 12 other schools, with 4,792 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is 89% White. Next come 9% Black and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 51% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Classroom staffing at Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School totals 11.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is about 99%. Across public schools in Natchitoches Parish, the average is 84%.
On the allk12 Grade, Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is +9.2 points: 22.2% actual, 13.0% predicted.
In Natchitoches Parish, the median household earns about $46,292 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Natchitoches Parish has 15 public schools with about 5,064 students, including Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School.
Calvin High School is the nearest public school to Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School, about 8.6 miles away. On proficiency, Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is behind the 26.8% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 166 to 100, a 40% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.1:1 to 9.0:1.
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Natchitoches Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,693
Census ACS
Median income
$46,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,064 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natchitoches Parish
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolElementary · 444 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Calvin High School8.6 mi · 289
- Saline High School10.5 mi · 303
- Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School12.3 mi · 261
- Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School15.1 mi · 278
- Dodson High School15.3 mi · 283
- Winnfield Middle School15.6 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Goldonna Elementary & Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School?
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School enrolls approximately 100 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School serve?
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School.
How diverse is Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School?
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School reports a student body of 89% White, 9% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School?
Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School is overseen by Natchitoches Parish in Natchitoches Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.