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If you could change one rule at Kinder Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN PARISH·NCES 220006000026
Kinder Elementary School
412 North 12th Street, Kinder, LA 70648 · (337) 738-2454 · Allen Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
371 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 74 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 18% larger than its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
47%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
47.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
39.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 47.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Kinder Elementary School
Kinder Elementary School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinder Elementary School this school | 524 | 70.8% | 40.7% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Oak Grove | 523 | 71.5% | 38.8% |
| Kaplan Elementary School Kaplan | 550 | 69.1% | 39.3% |
| Lafargue Elementary School Effie | 581 | 67.5% | 40.3% |
| Port Barre Elementary School Port Barre | 427 | 73.8% | 39.7% |
| E. K. Key Elementary School Sulphur | 546 | 66.1% | 48.5% |
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 Kinder Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #208 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #230 of 582 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #216 of 587 ▼ 123 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #204 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #225 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #273 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #369 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #399 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #307 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
524
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 524 | 40.5 | 12.9:1 | 71% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 40.5 | 13.1:1 | 60% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 35.5 | 15.2:1 | 72% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 57% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 58% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 64% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 67% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 56% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kinder Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (579 to 524); teachers up 7% (38 to 40.5).
About Kinder Elementary School
Families in Kinder, Louisiana, are served by Kinder Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 4, with 524 students enrolled.
Allen Parish has a total of 11 schools and 3,853 students, Kinder Elementary School among them.
Kinder Elementary School is 70% White by enrollment. Other students are 17% Black and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 69% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kinder Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.9:1. That is lower than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The lunch program counts 71% of students at Kinder Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.4%. Kinder Elementary School scores 40.7%.
Among Allen Parish residents, the median household income is $46,469, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Kinder Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in the county.
Kinder Middle School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The school's 40.7% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (517) and 2024-25 (524). Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.4:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Allen Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,477
Census ACS
Median income
$46,469
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allen Parish
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 516 students
- Kinder High SchoolHigh · 388 students
- Fairview High SchoolCombined · 387 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- Elizabeth High SchoolCombined · 337 students
- Kinder Middle SchoolMiddle · 333 students
Other schools in Kinder
- Kinder High SchoolHigh · 388 students
- Kinder Middle SchoolMiddle · 333 students
- Allen Correctional CenterHigh · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Kinder Middle School0.0 mi · 333
- Kinder High School1.1 mi · 388
- Allen Correctional Center6.1 mi · 6
- Elton Elementary School8.3 mi · 221
- Elton High School9.0 mi · 245
- Fenton Elementary School9.6 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About Kinder Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kinder Elementary School?
Kinder Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Kinder Elementary School serve?
Kinder Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Kinder Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Kinder Elementary School.
How diverse is Kinder Elementary School?
Kinder Elementary School reports a student body of 70% White, 2% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Kinder Elementary School in?
Kinder Elementary School is part of Allen Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.