Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LANDRY PARISH·NCES 220156001185
Grand Prairie Elementary School
669 Hwy. 363, Washington, LA 70589 · (337) 826-3391 · St. Landry Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
198 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 | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (43).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
53.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% 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 15 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 Prairie Elementary School
Grand Prairie Elementary School's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prairie Elementary School this school | 264 | 75.0% | 45.2% |
| Grand Coteau Elementary School Grand Coteau | 269 | 77.7% | 32.5% |
| Fort Necessity School Fort Necessity | 254 | 79.9% | 14.2% |
| Raceland Lower Elementary School Raceland | 330 | 74.5% | N/A |
| Boley Elementary School West Monroe | 279 | 78.9% | 52.3% |
| Baskin School Baskin | 325 | 78.5% | 17.3% |
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 Prairie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Landry Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #149 of 583 | #2 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #194 of 582 ▼ 65 | #2 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #152 of 587 ▼ 12 | #2 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #92 of 540 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #581 of 714 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #360 of 655 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #261 of 655 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #337 of 705 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #214 of 436 | #8 of 11 |
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
264
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 264 | 19.4 | 13.6:1 | 75% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 22.1 | 12.0:1 | 72% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 16.3 | 15.8:1 | 67% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 19 | 13.4:1 | 46% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 19.5 | 16.2:1 | 50% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | 81% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 83% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 63% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 14 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Prairie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (316 to 264); teachers down 1% (19.5 to 19.4).
About Grand Prairie Elementary School
Grand Prairie Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Washington, Louisiana. The school's 264 students are in pre-K through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
In St. Landry Parish, 32 schools enroll a combined 10,982 students.
Enrollment at Grand Prairie Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 48%. It is also 47% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, St. Landry Parish is about 52% White. By the diversity index, Grand Prairie Elementary School comes in at 55%.
At Grand Prairie Elementary School, 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana have a similar average ratio of 14.0:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 75% of enrollment.
Grand Prairie Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Grand Prairie Elementary School is a top-10% school in Louisiana on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.3% with an actual 45.2%.
In the county around the school, St. Landry Parish, median household income is about $44,462, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 22% of people live in poverty. Grand Prairie Elementary School is among the 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish.
Nearby, Plaisance Middle School is about 4.7 miles away. Grand Prairie Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within ten miles. Grand Prairie Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.2% against a local average of 19.7%.
The NCES locale for Grand Prairie Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Grand Prairie Elementary School saw enrollment rise 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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St. Landry Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,670
Census ACS
Median income
$44,462
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Landry Parish
- Beau Chene High SchoolHigh · 767 students
- Opelousas Senior High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Leonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Eunice High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 575 students
- Lawtell Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Washington
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 220 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 115 students
- Washington Career & Technical Education CenterHigh
Other Grand Prairie Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Grand Prairie Elementary. Grand Prairie Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolFrankfort, IL · 840 students
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 494 students
- Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolCentralia, IL · 63 students
Nearby schools
- Plaisance Middle School4.7 mi · 176
- Washington Elementary School7.3 mi · 115
- Ville Platte High School7.7 mi · 419
- Evangeline Reimagine Academy7.7 mi · 175
- Ville Platte Elementary School7.8 mi · 319
- Northwest High School7.8 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grand Prairie Elementary School?
Grand Prairie Elementary School enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Grand Prairie Elementary School serve?
Grand Prairie Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Grand Prairie Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Grand Prairie Elementary School.
How diverse is Grand Prairie Elementary School?
Grand Prairie Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 2% Hispanic, 47% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Grand Prairie Elementary School?
Grand Prairie Elementary School is overseen by St. Landry Parish in St. Landry Parish.
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