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What's the most underrated thing about Lakeshore School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120000994
Lakeshore School
550 Balboa Street, Monroe, LA 71203 · (318) 343-1173 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
402 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
50%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
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
17.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Lakeshore School
Lakeshore School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore School this school | 532 | 75.6% | 19.2% |
| Laureate Academy Charter School Harvey | 532 | 75.4% | 24.3% |
| Glen View Elementary School Ruston | 438 | 71.2% | N/A |
| Summerfield Elementary School Shreveport | 428 | 74.5% | 13.5% |
| Thibodaux Elementary School Thibodaux | 575 | 82.1% | N/A |
| Cypress Springs Elementary School Ruston | 369 | 72.6% | 32.0% |
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 Lakeshore School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #461 of 583 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #480 of 582 ▲ 30 | #17 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #383 of 587 ▲ 23 | #15 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #176 of 540 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #221 of 714 | #6 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #564 of 655 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #334 of 655 | #8 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #331 of 705 | #19 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #295 of 436 | #20 of 26 |
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
532
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 532 | 33.2 | 16.0:1 | 76% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 35.2 | 16.0:1 | 72% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 30.7 | 18.6:1 | 75% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 49% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 55% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 54% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 63% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 56% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 733 | 39 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeshore School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (593 to 532); teachers unchanged (33 to 33.2).
About Lakeshore School
Lakeshore School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Monroe, Louisiana. Enrollment is 532 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
In Ouachita Parish, 36 schools enroll a combined 17,435 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Lakeshore School are Black. The rest of enrollment is 25% White, 6% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Ouachita Parish, the Black share is about 37%. Lakeshore School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 33.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. Around 76% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Ouachita Parish is 9 points.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Lakeshore School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lakeshore School, the prediction is 29.9% and the result is 19.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Ouachita Parish show that 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%. Besides Lakeshore School, Ouachita Parish has 58 other public schools.
Cypress Point Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lakeshore School. By average proficiency, Lakeshore School is 5th among 7 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Lakeshore School was 533 in 2020-21 and 532 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Lakeshore School. 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 Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 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
- Cypress Point Elementary School0.6 mi · 431
- Ouachita Junior High School1.3 mi · 312
- Sherrouse School2.0 mi · 106
- Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary2.3 mi · 391
- Jack Hayes Elementary School2.4 mi · 501
- Sallie Humble Elementary School2.9 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeshore SchoolHow large is Lakeshore School?
Lakeshore School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lakeshore School serve?
Lakeshore School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lakeshore School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Lakeshore School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeshore School?
At Lakeshore School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 6% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Lakeshore School public or private?
Lakeshore School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ouachita Parish.
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