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Alumni: what's one memory from J. Wallace James Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
957
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087001546
J. Wallace James Elementary School
1500 W. Willow St., Scott, LA 70583 · (337) 521-7700 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL957 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- CBeats 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
20.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
489 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 56 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 142 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (173).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 J. Wallace James Elementary School
J. Wallace James Elementary School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Wallace James Elementary School this school | 957 | 51.1% | 44.2% |
| Prairie Elementary School Lafayette | 663 | 57.9% | 51.0% |
| Green T. Lindon Elementary School Youngsville | 719 | 47.7% | 64.7% |
| Henry Mayfield Elementary School Slidell | 749 | 60.6% | 35.5% |
| Bains Elementary School St. Francisville | 801 | 43.8% | 55.7% |
| Galvez Primary School Prairieville | 783 | 50.8% | 57.8% |
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 J. Wallace James Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #161 of 583 | #11 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #132 of 582 ▲ 22 | #11 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #161 of 587 ▲ 56 | #11 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #198 of 540 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 957 | #18 of 714 | #2 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #643 of 655 | #23 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #225 of 655 | #13 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #604 of 705 | #19 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #159 of 197 | #8 of 10 |
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
957
+75 (+9%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 887
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 957 | 47.6 | 20.1:1 | 51% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 936 | 56 | 16.7:1 | 55% (511) |
| 2022-23 | 939 | 57.3 | 16.4:1 | 64% (600) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 91% (805) |
| 2017-18 | 921 | 51 | 18.1:1 | 30% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 851 | 60 | 14.2:1 | 59% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 887 | 56 | 15.8:1 | 65% (574) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. Wallace James Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (921 to 957); teachers down 7% (51 to 47.6).
About J. Wallace James Elementary School
Students in Scott, Louisiana, attend J. Wallace James Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 957 students. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 111% above that.
Lafayette Parish serves 29,396 students across 44 schools.
Roughly 50% of students at J. Wallace James Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 42% White and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 25% of Lafayette Parish residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.1:1, with 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Lunch subsidy eligibility at J. Wallace James Elementary School is 51%.
The allk12 Grade for J. Wallace James Elementary School is B-. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, J. Wallace James Elementary School would score about 47.6%. It scores 44.2%, 3.4 points below that figure.
Across Lafayette Parish, the median household income is $67,451, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Lafayette Parish is home to 50 public schools and about 35,903 public school students.
Truman Early Childhood Education Center is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of J. Wallace James Elementary School. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, J. Wallace James Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal data place J. Wallace James Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at J. Wallace James Elementary School climbed 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 882 to 957 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.3:1 in 2020-21, and 20.1:1 in 2024-25.
The J. Wallace James Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Scott
- Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- L. Leo Judice Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Truman Early Childhood Education Center0.6 mi · 331
- Myrtle Place Elementary School1.5 mi · 384
- Alice N. Boucher Elementary School1.5 mi · 442
- Lafayette Middle School1.7 mi · 351
- Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy1.9 mi · 2,177
- Willow Charter Academy2.0 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About J. Wallace James Elementary SchoolHow many students attend J. Wallace James Elementary School?
J. Wallace James Elementary School enrolls approximately 957 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J. Wallace James Elementary School serve?
J. Wallace James Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at J. Wallace James Elementary School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at J. Wallace James Elementary School.
How diverse is J. Wallace James Elementary School?
J. Wallace James Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 4% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees J. Wallace James Elementary School?
J. Wallace James Elementary School is overseen by Lafayette Parish in Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.