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What do students at J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITY OF MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 220108000790
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School
1207 Washington Street, Monroe, LA 71201 · (318) 322-8976 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
13.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
328 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 54 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 40% larger than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
70.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
51.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 70.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 59.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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. Clark Magnet Elementary School
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School this school | 458 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
| Forest Heights Academy of Excellence Baton Rouge | 409 | 70.9% | 58.3% |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - Parkview New Orleans | 490 | 74.3% | N/A |
| The Dufrocq School Baton Rouge | 431 | 73.3% | 22.2% |
| Judson Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport | 312 | 70.5% | 39.0% |
| Summerfield Elementary School Shreveport | 428 | 74.5% | 13.5% |
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. Clark Magnet Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #84 of 583 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #113 of 582 ▼ 41 | #3 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #39 of 587 ▲ 4 | #1 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #285 of 540 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #307 of 714 | #9 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #309 of 655 | #13 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.0% | #635 of 655 | #25 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #390 of 705 | #20 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #179 of 197 | #8 of 9 |
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
458
0 (0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 458 | 34.6 | 13.2:1 | 72% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 38.2 | 12.4:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 33.4 | 13.8:1 | 66% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 62% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 70% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | N/A | N/A | 64% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 73% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 52% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (451 to 458); teachers up 15% (30 to 34.6).
About J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Louisiana, with an address in Monroe. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 458 students.
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is part of a district of 19 schools: City of Monroe School District, with 8,033 students.
Black students make up 97% of enrollment at J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School. For comparison, the population of Ouachita Parish is roughly 37% Black. J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School's diversity index is 6%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.2 students per teacher. That is 0.7 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 72% of students.
allk12 grades J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is +20.4 points, in the top 10% of Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.2%, and the predicted rate is 32.8%.
Ouachita Parish has about 158,480 residents, and the median household income is $54,688, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. In all, Ouachita Parish has 59 public schools and roughly 25,952 students.
The closest public school to J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is Academy of Collaborative Education (ACE), about 0.9 miles away. J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 17.7% proficiency; J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School posts 53.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 458 students in 2020-21 and 458 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 15.8 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in City of Monroe School District
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Neville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 474 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Academy of Collaborative Education (ACE)0.9 mi · 92
- Neville Junior High School1.2 mi · 474
- Carver Elementary School1.2 mi · 395
- Neville High School1.3 mi · 1,042
- Crosley Elementary School1.3 mi · 193
- New Vision Learning Academy1.4 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School?
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School serve?
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School?
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School public or private?
J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by City of Monroe School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.