Enrollment
211
Elementary
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATAHOULA PARISH·NCES 220042000299
Jonesville Elementary School
1219 Cora Drive, Jonesville, LA 71343 · (318) 339-8588 · Catahoula Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
14.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
202 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 17 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 68% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Jonesville Elementary School→Block High School
Based on grade levels within Catahoula Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
29.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Jonesville Elementary School
Jonesville Elementary School's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesville Elementary School this school | 211 | 95.7% | 27.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School Simmesport | 197 | 92.4% | 31.3% |
| Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School Campti | 278 | 89.9% | 24.3% |
| St. Martin Early STEAM Academy St. Martinville | 295 | 98.3% | N/A |
| Crowley Kindergarten School Crowley | 208 | 89.9% | N/A |
| Ross Elementary School Crowley | 256 | 92.6% | 14.5% |
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 Jonesville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #346 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #387 of 582 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #430 of 587 ▼ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #207 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #644 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #478 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #285 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #45 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #124 of 436 |
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
211
-74 (-26%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 25.9:1
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 | 211 | 14.1 | 14.9:1 | 96% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 11 | 22.4:1 | 43% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 11.8 | 22.0:1 | 51% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 11 | 25.9:1 | 78% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 14.4 | 19.1:1 | 61% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | N/A | N/A | 82% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 81% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 67% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonesville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (275 to 211); teachers down 2% (14.4 to 14.1).
About Jonesville Elementary School
Jonesville Elementary School is one of the public schools in Jonesville, Louisiana. It is a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 211 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Louisiana have about 453 students on average; enrollment here is 53% lower.
Jonesville Elementary School is one school in Catahoula Parish, a system of 5 schools with 898 students.
Black students are 51% of those enrolled at Jonesville Elementary School. The next largest groups are 46% White and 3% multiracial. In Catahoula Parish overall, about 34% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.9:1 is based on 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. The rate at public schools in Catahoula Parish averages 84%, lower than here.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Jonesville Elementary School outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Jonesville Elementary School is 15.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.7%.
Census data for Catahoula Parish show median household income comes to about $50,275, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. There are 5 public schools in the county, enrolling about 898, Jonesville Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Block High School is about 0.6 miles from Jonesville Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Jonesville Elementary School is ahead of the 24.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 211 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 285. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Catahoula Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,583
Census ACS
Median income
$50,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catahoula Parish
- Harrisonburg High SchoolCombined · 318 students
- Block High SchoolHigh · 179 students
- Sicily Island High SchoolCombined · 143 students
- Central High SchoolCombined · 47 students
Other schools in Jonesville
- Block High SchoolHigh · 179 students
- Central High SchoolCombined · 47 students
Other Jonesville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Jonesville Elementary. Jonesville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jonesville ElementaryJonesville, NC · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Block High School0.6 mi · 179
- Harrisonburg High School9.9 mi · 318
- Monterey High School13.3 mi · 369
- Concordia Education Center15.4 mi · 26
- Delta Charter School MST15.5 mi · 485
- Ferriday Junior High School15.7 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Jonesville Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jonesville Elementary School?
Jonesville Elementary School enrolls approximately 211 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jonesville Elementary School serve?
Jonesville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jonesville Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Jonesville Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jonesville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jonesville Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 51% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Jonesville Elementary School in?
Jonesville Elementary School is part of Catahoula Parish.
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