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If you had an hour of school board time for Lake Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,096
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009001863
Lake Elementary School
14185 Hwy 431, St. Amant, LA 70774 · (225) 391-6550 · Ascension Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,096 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- B-Beats 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
13.7:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
499 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 173 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 60% smaller than its 8th grade class (187).
Student demographics
32%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Lake Elementary School
Lake Elementary School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Elementary School this school | 1,096 | 45.5% | 52.3% |
| Moss Bluff Elementary School Lake Charles | 969 | 48.4% | 52.2% |
| North DeSoto Upper Elementary School Stonewall | 807 | 41.4% | 47.8% |
| Vermilion Charter Academy Maurice | 919 | 50.2% | N/A |
| Lee Road Junior High School Covington | 727 | 40.7% | 45.0% |
| South Beauregard Elementary School Longville | 644 | 47.5% | 38.3% |
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 Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #90 of 583 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #162 of 582 ▼ 2 | #11 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #101 of 587 no change | #11 of 18 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #59 of 540 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,096 | #7 of 714 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #367 of 655 | #13 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #490 of 655 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #643 of 705 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.6% | #55 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
1,096
+170 (+18%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 1,096 | 80 | 13.7:1 | 46% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 893 | 65.1 | 13.7:1 | 43% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 926 | 56.3 | 16.5:1 | 43% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 926 | 47 | 19.7:1 | 39% (363) |
| 2017-18 | 887 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 22% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 947 | 63 | 15.0:1 | 39% (368) |
| 2010-11 | 947 | 61 | 15.5:1 | 38% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 985 | 60 | 16.4:1 | 26% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 28 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (887 to 1,096); teachers up 57% (51 to 80).
About Lake Elementary School
Lake Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in St. Amant, Louisiana. It enrolled 1,096 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 142% higher than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana, which is about 453.
Ascension Parish has a total of 32 schools and 23,743 students, Lake Elementary School among them.
About 82% of the student body at Lake Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Ascension Parish, the White share is about 64%. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 80 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 46% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Lake Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.6% for Lake Elementary School. The school posts 52.3%, within a point of the prediction.
Census estimates describe Ascension Parish this way: the median household income is $91,549, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Lake Elementary School, Ascension Parish has 31 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Central Middle School, about 2.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lake Elementary School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has grown by 170 students since 2020-21, to 1,096. The school's ratio fell from 19.7:1 to 13.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lake Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Ascension Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,314
Census ACS
Median income
$91,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
23,743 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ascension Parish
- Dutchtown High SchoolHigh · 2,029 students
- East Ascension High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Prairieville Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
Other schools in St. Amant
- St. Amant High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- St. Amant Primary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- St. Amant Middle SchoolMiddle · 532 students
Other Lake Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Elementary. Lake Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- Lake Elementary SchoolHartville, OH · 1,223 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolMillbury, OH · 763 students
- Lake ElementaryOceanside, CA · 696 students
- Lake ElementarySan Pablo, CA · 350 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolLake, MS · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Central Middle School2.0 mi · 512
- Galvez Primary School2.1 mi · 783
- St. Amant High School2.3 mi · 1,847
- Central Primary School2.3 mi · 626
- Lakeside Primary School2.9 mi · 545
- Galvez Middle School3.3 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Elementary School?
Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,096 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lake Elementary School serve?
Lake Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Lake Elementary School have?
Lake Elementary School employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Lake Elementary School?
Lake Elementary School reports a student body of 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lake Elementary School in?
Lake Elementary School is part of Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.