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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000165
Herndon Magnet School
11845 Gamm Road, Belcher, LA 71004 · (318) 221-7676 · Caddo Parish
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- CThree-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
16.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
239 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
69.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Herndon Magnet School
Herndon Magnet School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herndon Magnet School this school | 701 | 34.1% | 64.5% |
| Bayou Community Academy Charter School Thibodaux | 499 | 35.5% | 72.0% |
| Legacy Elementary School Bossier City | 560 | 30.7% | 67.7% |
| Prairieville Primary School Prairieville | 865 | 37.5% | 64.7% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Luling | 501 | 35.5% | 51.2% |
| North DeSoto Upper Elementary School Stonewall | 807 | 41.4% | 47.8% |
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 Herndon Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #37 of 583 | #4 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #48 of 582 ▼ 14 | #5 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #43 of 587 ▼ 5 | #5 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #171 of 540 | #9 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #78 of 714 | #6 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #561 of 655 | #31 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #418 of 655 | #16 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #682 of 705 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #359 of 436 | #23 of 25 |
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
701
-48 (-6%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,194
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 701 | 43.8 | 16.0:1 | 34% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 44.3 | 16.5:1 | 37% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 43.4 | 16.4:1 | 36% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 36 | 20.8:1 | 28% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 37.5 | 19.8:1 | 21% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | N/A | N/A | 35% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 45 | 16.9:1 | 30% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 975 | 54 | 18.1:1 | 27% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 1,194 | 62 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herndon Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (742 to 701); teachers up 17% (37.5 to 43.8).
About Herndon Magnet School
Herndon Magnet School is a large elementary school that serves part of Belcher, Louisiana. Its enrollment is 701 students, spread over kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 55% above that mark.
Enrollment across the 57 schools in Caddo Parish totals 32,649 students.
The student body at Herndon Magnet School is 74% White. The school is also 16% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 43%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
On staff are 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Herndon Magnet School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%. For comparison, public schools in Caddo Parish average 68%.
On the allk12 Grade, Herndon Magnet School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Herndon Magnet School scores 64.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 59.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Caddo Parish show that median household income comes to about $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Caddo Parish counts 61 public schools with about 33,851 students.
Herndon Magnet School's closest public school neighbor is North Caddo High School, about 8.1 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Herndon Magnet School's average proficiency of 64.5% compares with 33.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Herndon Magnet School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Herndon Magnet School had a net loss of 48 students, or 6%. The school's ratio dropped from 20.8:1 to 16.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Nearby schools
- North Caddo High School8.1 mi · 306
- North Caddo Elementary-Middle School8.5 mi · 502
- Mooringsport Elementary School9.4 mi · 259
- Benton Elementary School11.4 mi · 595
- Benton Intermediate School11.7 mi · 754
- Benton Middle School11.7 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Herndon Magnet SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Herndon Magnet School?
Herndon Magnet School enrolls approximately 701 students in grades KG-08.
Is Herndon Magnet School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Herndon Magnet School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Herndon Magnet School have?
Herndon Magnet School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Herndon Magnet School?
Herndon Magnet School reports a student body of 74% White, 3% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Herndon Magnet School?
Herndon Magnet School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.