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If you had an hour of school board time for Lafargue Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVOYELLES PARISH·NCES 220015000069
Lafargue Elementary School
3366 Highway 107, Effie, LA 71331 · (318) 253-9591 · Avoyelles Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
392 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 56 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
44.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
34.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Where Lafargue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Avoyelles Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #210 of 583 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #287 of 582 | #1 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #246 of 587 | #1 of 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #224 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #167 of 714 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #636 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #454 of 655 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #440 of 705 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #159 of 436 | 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
581
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 581 | 30.1 | 19.3:1 | 67% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 58% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 28 | 19.9:1 | 54% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 52% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 32 | 22.7:1 | 43% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 30% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 39 | 18.8:1 | 70% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 70% (424) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 34 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafargue Elementary School.
About Lafargue Elementary School
Lafargue Elementary School is one of the public schools in Effie, Louisiana. It is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 581 students attend the school in pre-K through 6. It has 28% more students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).
Avoyelles Parish has a total of 10 schools and 4,794 students, Lafargue Elementary School among them.
The largest group at Lafargue Elementary School is White students, at 78%. Other students are 14% Black and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Avoyelles Parish residents are about 63% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lafargue Elementary School scores 37%.
The school had 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. The school reported 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Lafargue Elementary School is 4.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.3% versus 35.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In Avoyelles Parish, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $39,325, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 13 public schools and about 5,726 students.
A public school about 7.8 miles away, Marksville Elementary School, is the closest to Lafargue Elementary School. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Lafargue Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 27 students, from 608 to 581.
On allk12, people connected to Lafargue Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Avoyelles Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,905
Census ACS
Median income
$39,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avoyelles Parish
- Bunkie Magnet High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- Marksville High SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Marksville Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Plaucheville Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Avoyelles High SchoolHigh · 465 students
- LA School for Ag ScienceHigh · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Marksville Elementary School7.8 mi · 625
- Marksville High School7.8 mi · 640
- Poland Junior High School7.9 mi · 330
- Ruby-Wise Elementary School9.9 mi · 410
- Buckeye High School10.6 mi · 915
- Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary School10.6 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Lafargue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lafargue Elementary School?
Lafargue Elementary School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Lafargue Elementary School serve?
Lafargue Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Lafargue Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Lafargue Elementary School.
How diverse is Lafargue Elementary School?
Lafargue Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 0% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Lafargue Elementary School public or private?
Lafargue Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Avoyelles Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.