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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027002409
Kingston Elementary School
349 Fairburn Ave, Benton, LA 71006 · (318) 759-2500 · Bossier Parish
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test 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.
- DThree-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
15.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
190 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 156 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 163 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (163).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Kingston Elementary School→Benton Intermediate School
Based on grade levels within Bossier Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
69.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Kingston Elementary School
Kingston Elementary School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Elementary School this school | 768 | 24.7% | 69.0% |
| Pontchartrain Elementary School Mandeville | 636 | 24.7% | 60.2% |
| Madisonville Elementary School Madisonville | 1,010 | 25.0% | N/A |
| Legacy Elementary School Bossier City | 560 | 30.7% | 67.7% |
| Herndon Magnet School Belcher | 701 | 34.1% | 64.5% |
| Mandeville Elementary School Mandeville | 508 | 30.5% | 54.5% |
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 Kingston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #24 of 583 | #1 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #25 of 582 ▼ 10 | #3 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #42 of 587 ▼ 17 | #3 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #55 of 540 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #56 of 714 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #503 of 655 | #16 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #407 of 655 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #694 of 705 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #97 of 197 | 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
768
+66 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 768 | 50.4 | 15.2:1 | 25% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 806 | 48.8 | 16.5:1 | 24% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 820 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 33% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 14% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 34 | 20.1:1 | 22% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 24% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (685 to 768); teachers up 48% (34 to 50.4).
About Kingston Elementary School
Families in Benton, Louisiana, are served by Kingston Elementary School, a large elementary school. The school's enrollment of 768 students covers kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 70% higher than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana, which is about 453.
The Bossier Parish system has 34 schools and 22,233 students.
Kingston Elementary School is 74% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Bossier Parish, the White share is about 63%. Kingston Elementary School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. That is higher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 25%. The average for public schools in Bossier Parish is 53%.
allk12 grades Kingston Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Kingston Elementary School are 2.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.0% actual, 66.6% predicted).
In Bossier Parish (population about 129,789), the median household income is $69,617, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Kingston Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in the county.
Benton High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Kingston Elementary School holds 5 other public schools. Kingston Elementary School's average proficiency of 69.0% compares with 47.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Kingston Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 66 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.2 students per teacher, compared with 18.0 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Kingston Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Benton
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Benton Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Benton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Other Kingston Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 14 states are named Kingston Elementary. Kingston Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 15.
- Kingston ElementaryHesperia, CA · 808 students
- Kingston ElementaryKingston, TN · 736 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBerea, KY · 608 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolKingston, OK · 601 students
- Kingston ElementaryKingston, MA · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Benton High School0.5 mi · 1,515
- Legacy Elementary School2.1 mi · 560
- Benton Middle School2.4 mi · 817
- Benton Intermediate School2.5 mi · 754
- Benton Elementary School4.1 mi · 595
- North Highlands Elementary School5.5 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Kingston Elementary SchoolHow large is Kingston Elementary School?
Kingston Elementary School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades KG-04.
Is Kingston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Kingston Elementary School have?
Kingston Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Kingston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kingston Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Kingston Elementary School public or private?
Kingston Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.