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Which teacher or staff member at John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH·NCES 220153000427
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary
182 West Fifth Street, LaPlace, LA 70068 · (985) 651-3700 · St. John the Baptist Parish
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
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.
- B-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
14.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
272 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 38% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary→East St. John High School
Based on grade levels within St. John the Baptist Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
55.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary this school | 428 | 63.6% | 40.3% |
| Rougon Elementary School Rougon | 414 | 67.9% | 25.0% |
| Shreve Island Elementary School Shreveport | 579 | 61.1% | 31.5% |
| Ruston Elementary School Ruston | 359 | 63.0% | 33.5% |
| Dolby Elementary School Lake Charles | 360 | 61.4% | 42.0% |
| Northwestern Elementary School Zachary | 337 | 67.1% | N/A |
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 John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. John the Baptist Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #214 of 583 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #148 of 582 ▲ 45 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #128 of 587 ▲ 41 | #1 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #91 of 540 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #353 of 714 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #412 of 655 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #226 of 655 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #491 of 705 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #348 of 436 | N/A |
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
428
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+31% since 2000-01, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
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 | 428 | 30.4 | 14.1:1 | 64% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 54% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 24.9 | 14.9:1 | 29% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 26.7 | 17.1:1 | 66% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 68% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 63% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 24 | 13.6:1 | 66% (215) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (457 to 428); teachers up 14% (26.7 to 30.4).
About John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in LaPlace, Louisiana. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 428 students in 2024-25.
A total of 10 schools make up St. John the Baptist Parish, with 5,039 students enrolled.
The largest group at John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary is Black students, at 59%. Smaller groups are 27% White, 9% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. St. John the Baptist Parish residents are about 57% Black, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary lists 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.1 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 64% of the student body. Among public schools in St. John the Baptist Parish, the average eligibility rate is 80%.
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary 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.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.6% for John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary. The school posts 40.3%, 1.8 points above the prediction.
The school is in St. John the Baptist Parish, where the median household earns about $66,630 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across St. John the Baptist Parish, 10 public schools serve about 5,039 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Emily C. Watkins Elementary, is about 0.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 432 students in 2020-21 and 428 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher dropped from 18.8 in 2020-21 to 14.1 in 2024-25.
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St. John the Baptist Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,743
Census ACS
Median income
$66,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. John the Baptist Parish
- East St. John High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 754 students
- LaPlace Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Emily C. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 318 students
- Fifth Ward Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in LaPlace
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 754 students
- LaPlace Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Emily C. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Emily C. Watkins Elementary0.9 mi · 551
- LaPlace Elementary School1.2 mi · 710
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School1.5 mi · 754
- East St. John Preparatory Academy2.0 mi · 318
- East St. John High School2.9 mi · 1,293
- Fifth Ward Elementary School2.9 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryHow many students attend John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary?
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-08.
Is John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary?
At John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary in?
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary is part of St. John the Baptist Parish.
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