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What's one thing Lawtell Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LANDRY PARISH·NCES 220156001190
Lawtell Elementary School
1010 School Rd., Lawtell, LA 70550 · (337) 543-2315 · St. Landry Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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.
- C+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
14.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
489 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 | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
53%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
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
17.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 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 down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
17.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Lawtell Elementary School
Lawtell Elementary School's state test result (17.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawtell Elementary School this school | 567 | 86.2% | 17.7% |
| Thibodaux Elementary School Thibodaux | 575 | 82.1% | N/A |
| W.S. Lafargue Elementary School Thibodaux | 457 | 82.9% | 19.7% |
| Midway Elementary School Tickfaw | 440 | 86.4% | 21.3% |
| Southdown Elementary School Houma | 572 | 91.3% | 26.0% |
| Evangeline Elementary School Lafayette | 604 | 85.3% | 35.5% |
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 Lawtell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Landry Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #483 of 583 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #484 of 582 ▲ 18 | #14 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #485 of 587 ▼ 32 | #12 of 16 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #221 of 540 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #188 of 714 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #422 of 655 | #12 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #280 of 655 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #182 of 705 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.2% | #67 of 436 | #4 of 11 |
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
567
-85 (-13%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 567 | 39.9 | 14.2:1 | 86% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 37.7 | 16.9:1 | 81% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 73% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 56% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 39 | 21.1:1 | 48% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 36 | 21.5:1 | 77% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 85% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 83% (516) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 37 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawtell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (824 to 567); teachers up 2% (39 to 39.9).
About Lawtell Elementary School
Lawtell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Lawtell, Louisiana, under St. Landry Parish. It teaches 567 students in pre-K through 8. It has 25% more students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).
Lawtell Elementary School is in St. Landry Parish, a district with 10,982 students across 32 schools.
At Lawtell Elementary School, 64% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 23% White, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show St. Landry Parish is about 40% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lawtell Elementary School scores 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The school has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 14.0:1. Federal data show 86% of students (489) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lawtell Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The model predicts 22.2% for a school in Louisiana with Lawtell Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lawtell Elementary School posts 17.7%.
St. Landry Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $44,462 a year, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 22%. Lawtell Elementary School shares St. Landry Parish with 36 other public schools.
The closest school to Lawtell Elementary School is Northwest High School, located about 4.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Lawtell Elementary School ranks 2nd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.7% against a local average of 17.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 13%. The ratio was 18.1:1 in 2020-21 and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lawtell Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Landry Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,670
Census ACS
Median income
$44,462
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Landry Parish
- Beau Chene High SchoolHigh · 767 students
- Opelousas Senior High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Leonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Eunice High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 575 students
- Park Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest High School4.5 mi · 575
- St. Landry Charter School6.3 mi · 315
- Grolee Elementary School6.3 mi · 404
- JS Clark Leadership Academy6.5 mi · 434
- Opelousas Junior High School7.0 mi · 314
- Church Point Middle School7.3 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Lawtell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lawtell Elementary School?
Lawtell Elementary School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Lawtell Elementary School serve?
Lawtell Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawtell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawtell Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lawtell Elementary School?
At Lawtell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 10% Hispanic, 64% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Lawtell Elementary School public or private?
Lawtell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Landry Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.