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What's one thing Gonzales Primary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009000041
Gonzales Primary School
521 North Burnside Avenue, Gonzales, LA 70737 · (225) 391-6700 · Ascension Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
336 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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
55%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
47.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
39.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +18.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 18 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Gonzales Primary School
Gonzales Primary School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzales Primary School this school | 455 | 73.8% | 35.5% |
| G. W. Carver Primary School Gonzales | 487 | 71.7% | 37.8% |
| Park Forest Elementary School Baton Rouge | 474 | 74.9% | 23.8% |
| Union Parish Elementary School Farmerville | 506 | 77.9% | 10.5% |
| Bayou Woods Elementary School Slidell | 431 | 71.2% | 33.0% |
| Pecan Grove Primary School Gonzales | 508 | 69.1% | 43.5% |
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 Gonzales Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #265 of 583 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #231 of 582 ▼ 55 | #14 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #218 of 587 ▲ 33 | #16 of 18 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #8 of 540 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #312 of 714 | #17 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #167 of 655 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #263 of 655 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #360 of 705 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #381 of 436 | #11 of 12 |
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
455
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 74% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 45.4 | 10.9:1 | 74% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 38.7 | 13.6:1 | 75% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 74% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 33.1 | 14.3:1 | 51% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 85% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 60% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 35 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gonzales Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (473 to 455); teachers up 15% (33.1 to 38).
About Gonzales Primary School
Gonzales Primary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Gonzales, Louisiana. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 455 students.
Ascension Parish (32 schools, 23,743 students) runs Gonzales Primary School.
Gonzales Primary School's enrollment is 64% Black. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 12% White, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Ascension Parish's population at about 23%. By the diversity index, Gonzales Primary School comes in at 55%.
Federal data list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gonzales Primary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.0:1. Among elementary schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 14.0:1. The lunch program counts 74% of students at Gonzales Primary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 52% average for public schools in Ascension Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Gonzales Primary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Gonzales Primary School, the prediction is 31.1% and the result is 35.5%.
Among Ascension Parish residents, median household income is about $91,549, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Gonzales Primary School is one of 32 public schools in Ascension Parish, which together enroll about 23,743 students.
Nearest public school: East Ascension High School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gonzales Primary School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Gonzales Primary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 478 in 2020-21 and 455 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 12.0:1.
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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 Gonzales
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Gonzales Middle SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Central Primary SchoolElementary · 626 students
- Duplessis Primary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 512 students
- Pecan Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- East Ascension High School0.8 mi · 1,894
- G. W. Carver Primary School1.0 mi · 487
- Gonzales Middle School1.5 mi · 664
- Pecan Grove Primary School1.5 mi · 508
- Central Primary School2.3 mi · 626
- Central Middle School2.6 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Gonzales Primary SchoolHow large is Gonzales Primary School?
Gonzales Primary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gonzales Primary School serve?
Gonzales Primary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gonzales Primary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gonzales Primary School is approximately 12.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gonzales Primary School?
Gonzales Primary School reports a student body of 12% White, 18% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Gonzales Primary School?
Gonzales Primary School is overseen by Ascension Parish in Ascension Parish.
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