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If you had an hour of school board time for Grand Caillou Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TERREBONNE PARISH·NCES 220174001350
Grand Caillou Elementary School
3933 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, LA 70363 · (985) 303-4817 · Terrebonne Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- AThree-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
14.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
325 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 40 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (69).
Student demographics
79%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
43.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +27.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 27 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Grand Caillou Elementary School
Grand Caillou Elementary School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Caillou Elementary School this school | 360 | 90.3% | 49.0% |
| Legion Park Elementary School Houma | 300 | 90.0% | 33.7% |
| Center Street Elementary School New Iberia | 368 | 86.4% | 27.7% |
| Riser Elementary School West Monroe | 313 | 82.4% | 17.5% |
| Lucille Nesom Memorial Tickfaw | 414 | 83.1% | 14.8% |
| Village East Elementary School Houma | 400 | 88.8% | 34.2% |
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 Grand Caillou Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Terrebonne Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #113 of 583 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #42 of 582 ▼ 2 | #3 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #263 of 587 ▼ 38 | #14 of 18 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #40 of 540 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #459 of 714 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #440 of 655 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.8% | #1 of 655 | #1 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #121 of 705 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #65 of 436 | #3 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
360
-111 (-24%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 360 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 90% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 84% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 21.4 | 18.7:1 | 83% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 65% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 26 | 20.2:1 | 61% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 94% (466) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 92% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 87% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Caillou Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (525 to 360); teachers down 4% (26 to 25).
About Grand Caillou Elementary School
Grand Caillou Elementary School serves students in Houma, Louisiana, as a small elementary school. It serves 360 students in pre-K through 4. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
Terrebonne Parish is the local district for Grand Caillou Elementary School. It runs 30 schools with 15,168 students.
Grand Caillou Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 26%. The school is also 24% Native American, 23% White, 14% Black, and 12% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 7%. Grand Caillou Elementary School has a diversity index of 79%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 14.4:1 comes from the school's 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is about 14.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 90% in 2024-25. Compared with the 73% average for public schools in Terrebonne Parish, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Grand Caillou Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Grand Caillou Elementary School in the top 10% of Louisiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 29.7 points above it (49.0% actual, 19.3% predicted).
In the county around the school, Terrebonne Parish, median household income is about $64,836, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Grand Caillou Elementary School is among the 32 public schools in Terrebonne Parish.
Oaklawn Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Grand Caillou Elementary School is ahead of the 35.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Grand Caillou Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 471 in 2020-21 and 360 in 2024-25, a decrease of 111 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.8:1 to 14.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Terrebonne Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,186
Census ACS
Median income
$64,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
15,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Terrebonne Parish
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- South Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Other schools in Houma
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Acadian Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Oaklawn Middle School0.6 mi · 596
- Honduras Elementary School1.1 mi · 263
- School for Exceptional Children1.1 mi · 23
- Acadian Elementary School1.2 mi · 654
- Ellender Memorial High School1.3 mi · 819
- Grand Caillou Middle School1.9 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Caillou Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grand Caillou Elementary School?
Grand Caillou Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Grand Caillou Elementary School serve?
Grand Caillou Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grand Caillou Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grand Caillou Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grand Caillou Elementary School?
At Grand Caillou Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 26% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Grand Caillou Elementary School public or private?
Grand Caillou Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Terrebonne Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.