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Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000392
LaSalle Elementary School
8000 Lasalle, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 · (225) 927-6130 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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
9.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
217 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 LaSalle Elementary School
LaSalle Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaSalle Elementary School this school | 338 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| St. Rose Elementary School St. Rose | 540 | 68.1% | 36.5% |
| Chalmette Elementary School Chalmette | 467 | 66.0% | 30.0% |
| Pecan Grove Primary School Gonzales | 508 | 69.1% | 43.5% |
| G. W. Carver Primary School Gonzales | 487 | 71.7% | 37.8% |
| Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School River Ridge | 384 | 70.1% | 25.7% |
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 LaSalle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #335 of 583 | #18 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #339 of 582 ▼ 4 | #19 of 49 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #334 of 587 ▲ 17 | #19 of 50 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #234 of 540 | #12 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #487 of 714 | #42 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #29 of 655 | #5 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #206 of 655 | #12 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #485 of 705 | #55 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #45 of 436 | #10 of 39 |
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
338
-170 (-33%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 338 | 35.4 | 9.6:1 | 64% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 33.6 | 12.5:1 | 61% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 25.6 | 19.5:1 | 67% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 22 | 23.1:1 | 49% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 24 | 21.4:1 | 64% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 51 | 10.1:1 | 50% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 92% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 84% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LaSalle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (514 to 338); teachers up 48% (24 to 35.4).
About LaSalle Elementary School
LaSalle Elementary School is an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reachable at (225) 927-6130. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 338 students. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 25% smaller than average.
LaSalle Elementary School is one school in East Baton Rouge Parish, a system of 83 schools with 40,083 students.
LaSalle Elementary School is 57% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of East Baton Rouge Parish's population at about 44%. LaSalle Elementary School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at LaSalle Elementary School is 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 9.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. About 64% of students, or 217, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades LaSalle Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
LaSalle Elementary School scores 28.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 38.1%.
East Baton Rouge Parish has about 452,938 residents, and the median household income is $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Besides LaSalle Elementary School, East Baton Rouge Parish has 131 other public schools.
The closest public school, Tara High School, is about 0.9 miles from LaSalle Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, LaSalle Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns LaSalle Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at LaSalle Elementary School declined 33% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 508 to 338 students. The ratio was 23.1:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Other LaSalle Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named LaSalle Elementary. LaSalle Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolMishawaka, IN · 519 students
- LaSalle Elementary SchoolCreve Coeur, IL · 262 students
Nearby schools
- Tara High School0.9 mi · 1,016
- BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City1.3 mi · 423
- Collegiate Baton Rouge1.4 mi · 530
- Broadmoor Elementary School1.5 mi · 579
- Broadmoor Senior High School1.7 mi · 791
- Westminster Elementary School1.8 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About LaSalle Elementary SchoolHow large is LaSalle Elementary School?
LaSalle Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-05.
Is LaSalle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
LaSalle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LaSalle Elementary School?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at LaSalle Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LaSalle Elementary School?
At LaSalle Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 31% Hispanic, 57% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LaSalle Elementary School public or private?
LaSalle Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.