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What's the biggest difference between Gramercy Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
403
Middle
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JAMES PARISH·NCES 220150001161
Gramercy Elementary School
601 E Second Street, Gramercy, LA 70052 · (225) 258-4804 · St. James Parish
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
243 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 120 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 37% |
| Grade 6 | 133 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
37.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 37 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Gramercy Elementary School
Gramercy Elementary School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gramercy Elementary School this school | 403 | 60.3% | 32.8% |
| Napoleonville Middle School Napoleonville | 281 | 58.7% | 33.0% |
| I.A. Lewis School Ruston | 277 | 61.7% | 29.8% |
| Ruston Junior High School Ruston | 585 | 57.8% | 29.5% |
| Brusly Middle School Brusly | 539 | 67.3% | 45.2% |
| East Ouachita Middle School Monroe | 498 | 70.7% | 29.2% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Gramercy Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #95 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #78 of 210 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #128 of 213 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #19 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #106 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #55 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #105 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #145 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #29 of 162 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
403
-82 (-17%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 403 | 33.9 | 11.9:1 | 60% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 36.7 | 12.0:1 | 50% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 28.8 | 14.2:1 | 52% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 34% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 57% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 54 | 10.9:1 | 68% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 84% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 72% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gramercy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (569 to 403); teachers down 13% (39 to 33.9).
About Gramercy Elementary School
Gramercy Elementary School is a middle school with a street address in Gramercy, Louisiana. It offers grades 4 through 6 and has 403 students enrolled.
The 6 schools in St. James Parish enroll 3,194 students altogether, Gramercy Elementary School among them.
More than half of the students at Gramercy Elementary School are Black (54%). The rest of enrollment is 43% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gramercy Elementary School scores 52%.
Staffing at Gramercy Elementary School comes to 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1. Gramercy Elementary School counts 60% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Gramercy Elementary School outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Louisiana, Gramercy Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.8% actual against a predicted 40.9%.
St. James Parish is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,531, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. St. James Parish's 6 public schools enroll about 3,194 students and include Gramercy Elementary School.
Lutcher High School sits about 0.6 miles from Gramercy Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The school's 32.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Gramercy Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 403, down from 485 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.2 in 2020-21 to 11.9 in 2024-25.
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St. James Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,528
Census ACS
Median income
$65,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. James Parish
- Lutcher High SchoolHigh · 908 students
- Paulina Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 students
- St. James High SchoolHigh · 593 students
- Vacherie Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Sixth Ward Elementary SchoolMiddle · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Lutcher High School0.6 mi · 908
- Paulina Elementary School2.6 mi · 657
- Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.3.8 mi · 305
- Sixth Ward Elementary School5.2 mi · 269
- St. James High School6.2 mi · 593
- West St. John Elementary School (K-7)7.3 mi · 188
Frequently asked questions
About Gramercy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gramercy Elementary School?
Gramercy Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Gramercy Elementary School serve?
Gramercy Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gramercy Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gramercy Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gramercy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gramercy Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 1% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Gramercy Elementary School public or private?
Gramercy Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. James Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.