Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY PARISH·NCES 220162001232
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School
739 Julia Street, Amelia, LA 70340 · (985) 631-2464 · St. Mary Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
153 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 23 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
45.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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.S. Aucoin Elementary School
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.S. Aucoin Elementary School this school | 237 | 64.6% | 40.2% |
| William Hart Elementary School Gretna | 320 | 67.8% | 19.3% |
| Green Park Elementary School Metairie | 433 | 67.7% | 26.0% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
| Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School Kenner | 542 | 69.6% | 16.5% |
| Highland Elementary School Baton Rouge | 288 | 58.3% | 22.5% |
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 J.S. Aucoin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Mary Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #216 of 583 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #108 of 582 ▲ 18 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #243 of 587 ▲ 15 | #5 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #52 of 540 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #616 of 714 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #205 of 655 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #450 of 655 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #481 of 705 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #283 of 436 | #6 of 8 |
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
237
-24 (-9%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 237 | 19.3 | 12.3:1 | 65% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 20.2 | 13.3:1 | 60% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 55% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 15 | 17.4:1 | 33% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 17.9 | 14.9:1 | 93% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 286 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 90% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 89% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 83% (265) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.S. Aucoin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (267 to 237); teachers up 8% (17.9 to 19.3).
About J.S. Aucoin Elementary School
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Amelia, Louisiana. It has an enrollment of 237 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School reports to St. Mary Parish, which has 21 schools and 7,153 students.
Federal enrollment data show J.S. Aucoin Elementary School is 78% Hispanic. Other groups include 11% White, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 10% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School lists 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.3 students per teacher. The school's 12.3:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 65% of the student body. That rate is below the 75% average among public schools in St. Mary Parish.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, J.S. Aucoin Elementary School outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, J.S. Aucoin Elementary School is 2.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 40.2%. Predicted: 37.9%.
Census data for St. Mary Parish show median household income comes to about $52,576, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. There are 23 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,765, J.S. Aucoin Elementary School among them.
Bayou L'Ourse Primary School is about 3.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: J.S. Aucoin Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 40.2% versus a 32.3% average.
Federal data place J.S. Aucoin Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 261 to 237, a 9% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.4:1).
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St. Mary Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,828
Census ACS
Median income
$52,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary Parish
- Morgan City High SchoolHigh · 650 students
- Hattie A. Watts Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Berwick High SchoolHigh · 469 students
- Patterson High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Centerville High SchoolCombined · 429 students
- Berwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Bayou L'Ourse Primary School3.7 mi · 150
- Wyandotte Elementary School4.7 mi · 300
- Morgan City Junior High School6.6 mi · 412
- M.E. Norman Elementary School6.8 mi · 335
- Gibson Elementary School6.9 mi · 155
- Morgan City High School7.1 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About J.S. Aucoin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend J.S. Aucoin Elementary School?
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School enrolls approximately 237 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J.S. Aucoin Elementary School serve?
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does J.S. Aucoin Elementary School have?
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at J.S. Aucoin Elementary School?
Student demographics at J.S. Aucoin Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 78% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is J.S. Aucoin Elementary School public or private?
J.S. Aucoin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Mary Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.