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Which teacher or staff member at Gray's Creek Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102001720
Gray's Creek Elementary School
11400 La Hwy 1033, Denham Springs, LA 70726 · (225) 667-1808 · Livingston Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- BThree-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
12.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
363 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
49.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 49 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 down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Gray's Creek Elementary School
Gray's Creek Elementary School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray's Creek Elementary School this school | 475 | 76.4% | 38.3% |
| South Walker Elementary School Walker | 518 | 80.3% | 44.2% |
| Lewis Vincent Elementary School Denham Springs | 487 | 71.3% | 45.2% |
| Franklinton Primary School Franklinton | 567 | 75.7% | 20.5% |
| Levi Milton Elementary School Walker | 702 | 77.2% | 42.5% |
| Vinton Elementary School Vinton | 374 | 71.1% | 18.3% |
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 Gray's Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #246 of 583 | #17 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #191 of 582 ▲ 13 | #11 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #206 of 587 ▲ 23 | #15 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #241 of 540 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #294 of 714 | #16 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #229 of 655 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #245 of 655 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #323 of 705 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #305 of 436 | #4 of 6 |
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
475
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 475 | 37.9 | 12.5:1 | 76% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 36.5 | 14.5:1 | 71% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 27.7 | 19.7:1 | 71% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 38% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 54% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 50% (229) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray's Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (526 to 475); teachers up 40% (27 to 37.9).
About Gray's Creek Elementary School
Gray's Creek Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Denham Springs, Louisiana. The school enrolls 475 students in pre-K through 5.
Livingston Parish is responsible for 43 schools, Gray's Creek Elementary School included, with 27,209 students in all.
More than half of the students at Gray's Creek Elementary School are White (63%). The next largest groups are 17% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Livingston Parish overall, about 81% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gray's Creek Elementary School scores 56%.
Its staff includes 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.4 students per teacher. Roughly 76% of students at Gray's Creek Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Gray's Creek Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 69% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Gray's Creek Elementary School is 9.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.3% versus 29.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In the surrounding county, Livingston Parish, median household income comes to about $80,122, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 44, with about 27,209 students.
Gray's Creek Elementary School's nearest public school is Juban Parc Junior High School (about 1.8 miles). In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Gray's Creek Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Gray's Creek Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Gray's Creek Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 521 (2020-21) to 475 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.5:1.
This page is set up for the Gray's Creek Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Denham Springs
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- North Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
Other Gray's Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Gray's Creek Elementary. Gray's Creek Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Gray's Creek ElementaryHope Mills, NC · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Juban Parc Junior High School1.8 mi · 564
- Juban Parc Elementary School2.0 mi · 416
- Seventh Ward Elementary School2.4 mi · 382
- South Fork Elementary School2.8 mi · 685
- Southside Elementary School4.9 mi · 534
- Southside Junior High School4.9 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Gray's Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gray's Creek Elementary School?
Gray's Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gray's Creek Elementary School serve?
Gray's Creek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gray's Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gray's Creek Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gray's Creek Elementary School?
At Gray's Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Gray's Creek Elementary School public or private?
Gray's Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Livingston Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.