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What's something Lakeside Primary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASCENSION PARISH·NCES 220009002262
Lakeside Primary School
16500 LA Hwy 431, Prairieville, LA 70769 · (225) 391-7750 · Ascension Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
336 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 | 22 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
57%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
58.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Lakeside Primary School
Lakeside Primary School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Primary School this school | 545 | 61.7% | 50.2% |
| Pickering Elementary School Leesville | 476 | 60.9% | 43.7% |
| DeRidder Elementary School DeRidder | 490 | 61.2% | N/A |
| Bayou Blue Elementary School Houma | 454 | 61.5% | N/A |
| Delcambre Elementary School Delcambre | 472 | 59.7% | 63.7% |
| Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School Houma | 427 | 60.2% | 45.7% |
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 Lakeside Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ascension Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #102 of 583 | #10 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #130 of 582 ▲ 31 | #10 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #94 of 587 ▲ 39 | #9 of 18 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #179 of 540 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #205 of 714 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #204 of 655 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #217 of 655 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #520 of 705 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #184 of 436 | #6 of 12 |
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
545
-175 (-24%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 545 | 44.4 | 12.3:1 | 62% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 56.9 | 14.6:1 | 59% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 853 | 47.5 | 18.0:1 | 58% (498) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 38 | 18.9:1 | 47% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 36.7 | 18.2:1 | 35% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 55% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 51% (299) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeside Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (668 to 545); teachers up 21% (36.7 to 44.4).
About Lakeside Primary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Lakeside Primary School serves students in Prairieville, Louisiana. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 545 students. It has 20% more students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).
Lakeside Primary School is part of Ascension Parish, where 32 schools serve 23,743 students.
More than half of enrollment at Lakeside Primary School is White: 61%. Other groups include 17% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Ascension Parish overall, the White share is about 64%. The diversity index for Lakeside Primary School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lakeside Primary School has 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. At Lakeside Primary School, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Ascension Parish averages 52%, lower than here.
Lakeside Primary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 82% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.0%.
The county, Ascension Parish, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $91,549, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 32, with about 23,743 students.
Measured in a straight line, Galvez Primary School is about 2.3 miles from Lakeside Primary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 50.2% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Lakeside Primary School as Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 720 (2020-21) to 545 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.3:1) than in 2020-21 (18.9:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Lakeside Primary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,096 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
Other schools in Prairieville
- Prairieville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- Prairieville Primary SchoolElementary · 865 students
- Prairieville Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Galvez Primary SchoolElementary · 783 students
- Oak Grove Primary SchoolElementary · 725 students
- Bluff Ridge PrimaryElementary · 677 students
Other Lakeside Primary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lakeside Primary. Lakeside Primary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOLHOT SPRINGS, AR · 583 students
- Lakeside Primary SchoolCENTER CONWAY, NH · 210 students
Nearby schools
- Galvez Primary School2.3 mi · 783
- Lake Elementary School2.9 mi · 1,096
- Galvez Middle School3.2 mi · 655
- French Settlement High School3.4 mi · 450
- French Settlement Elementary School3.4 mi · 530
- Central Middle School4.4 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeside Primary SchoolHow large is Lakeside Primary School?
Lakeside Primary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lakeside Primary School serve?
Lakeside Primary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lakeside Primary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Lakeside Primary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeside Primary School?
At Lakeside Primary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lakeside Primary School in?
Lakeside Primary School is part of Ascension Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.