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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH·NCES 220153001493
LaPlace Elementary School
393 Greenwood Drive, LaPlace, LA 70068 · (985) 652-5552 · St. John the Baptist Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
14.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
614 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 24 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (93).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
LaPlace Elementary School→East St. John High School
Based on grade levels within St. John the Baptist Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
23.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 LaPlace Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaPlace Elementary School this school | 710 | 86.5% | 19.2% |
| Kenilworth Science and Technology Academy Baton Rouge | 694 | 82.4% | N/A |
| Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy Lake Charles | 852 | 82.9% | N/A |
| ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary New Orleans | 683 | 91.2% | N/A |
| Mildred Osborne Charter School New Orleans | 850 | 84.1% | N/A |
| KIPP Central City New Orleans | 817 | 83.5% | N/A |
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 LaPlace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. John the Baptist Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #462 of 583 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #407 of 582 ▼ 7 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #468 of 587 ▼ 5 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #134 of 540 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #75 of 714 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #448 of 655 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #401 of 655 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #177 of 705 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.0% | #61 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. 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
710
-153 (-18%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 710 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 86% (614) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 56.1 | 13.9:1 | 73% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 787 | 45.7 | 17.2:1 | 39% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 1,044 | 56.1 | 18.6:1 | 56% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 1,069 | 72 | 14.8:1 | 90% (962) |
| 2010-11 | 1,020 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 88% (897) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 77% (548) |
| 1990-91 | 901 | 45 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LaPlace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,044 to 710); teachers down 13% (56.1 to 49).
About LaPlace Elementary School
At 393 Greenwood Drive in LaPlace, Louisiana, LaPlace Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. Its enrollment is 710 students, spread over pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 453.
Across its 10 schools, St. John the Baptist Parish enrolls 5,039 students. LaPlace Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show LaPlace Elementary School is 73% Black. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. St. John the Baptist Parish as a whole is about 57% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
LaPlace Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.5:1. It is about the same as the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, LaPlace Elementary School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 22.0% for a school in Louisiana with LaPlace Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. LaPlace Elementary School posts 19.2%.
The county, St. John the Baptist Parish, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $66,630 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. St. John the Baptist Parish has 10 public schools with about 5,039 students, including LaPlace Elementary School.
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary is about 1.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of LaPlace Elementary School, there are 6 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 21.9%; LaPlace Elementary School's is 19.2%, ranking 4th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, LaPlace Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
From 863 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 710 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 16.0 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at LaPlace Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
St. John the Baptist Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,743
Census ACS
Median income
$66,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. John the Baptist Parish
- East St. John High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 754 students
- Emily C. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 318 students
- Fifth Ward Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in LaPlace
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 754 students
- Emily C. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 318 students
Nearby schools
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary1.2 mi · 428
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School1.5 mi · 754
- East St. John Preparatory Academy1.7 mi · 318
- Emily C. Watkins Elementary2.0 mi · 551
- East St. John High School2.4 mi · 1,293
- Fifth Ward Elementary School3.1 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About LaPlace Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at LaPlace Elementary School?
LaPlace Elementary School enrolls approximately 710 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does LaPlace Elementary School serve?
LaPlace Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does LaPlace Elementary School have?
LaPlace Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at LaPlace Elementary School?
Student demographics at LaPlace Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 18% Hispanic, 73% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is LaPlace Elementary School in?
LaPlace Elementary School is part of St. John the Baptist Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.