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Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERMILION PARISH·NCES 220180002273
Leblanc Elementary School
4511 East LA Highway 338, Abbeville, LA 70510 · (337) 937-8110 · Vermilion Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
393 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 52 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
59%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
54.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 15 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Leblanc Elementary School
Leblanc Elementary School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leblanc Elementary School this school | 624 | 63.0% | 43.5% |
| St. John Elementary School Lake Charles | 670 | 65.7% | 43.2% |
| Joseph J. Davies Elementary School Meraux | 593 | 57.8% | 49.0% |
| Prairie Elementary School Lafayette | 663 | 57.9% | 51.0% |
| Broadmoor Elementary School Houma | 587 | 68.7% | 49.2% |
| DeRidder Elementary School DeRidder | 490 | 61.2% | 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 Leblanc Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Vermilion Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #175 of 583 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #89 of 582 ▲ 13 | #8 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #143 of 587 ▲ 46 | #7 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #41 of 540 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #129 of 714 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #432 of 655 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #176 of 655 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #498 of 705 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #300 of 436 | #8 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
624
-41 (-6%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 624 | 43.4 | 14.4:1 | 63% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 45.8 | 14.6:1 | 64% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 38.4 | 17.9:1 | 64% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 44% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 39% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | N/A | N/A | 63% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 59% (368) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leblanc Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (693 to 624); teachers up 21% (36 to 43.4).
About Leblanc Elementary School
Abbeville, Louisiana, is home to Leblanc Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 624 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students.
District-wide, Vermilion Parish has 20 schools and 8,433 students.
White students make up a majority at Leblanc Elementary School, at 56%. The remaining shares are 29% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Vermilion Parish's population at about 78%. Leblanc Elementary School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
Leblanc Elementary School counts 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.4 students for each one. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Leblanc Elementary School is A-. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 79% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Leblanc Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.5%; the prediction is 39.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Vermilion Parish show that the median household income is $55,707, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Leblanc Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in the county.
Abbeville High School is the closest public school, about 4.0 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Leblanc Elementary School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Over 4 years, Leblanc Elementary School's enrollment dropped 6%, to 624. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.5:1 to 14.4:1.
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Vermilion Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,123
Census ACS
Median income
$55,707
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vermilion Parish
- North Vermilion High SchoolHigh · 790 students
- Cecil Picard Elementary School at MauriceElementary · 592 students
- Abbeville High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Erath High SchoolHigh · 557 students
- Dozier Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Kaplan Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
Other schools in Abbeville
- Abbeville High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Eaton Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- J.H. Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
- James A. Herod Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Meaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Forked Island/E. Broussard Elem SchoolElementary · 243 students
Nearby schools
- Abbeville High School4.0 mi · 569
- Dozier Elementary School4.2 mi · 556
- Erath Middle School4.4 mi · 466
- Erath High School4.5 mi · 557
- James A. Herod Elementary School4.6 mi · 285
- J.H. Williams Middle School5.2 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Leblanc Elementary SchoolHow large is Leblanc Elementary School?
Leblanc Elementary School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades PK-05.
Is Leblanc Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leblanc Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Leblanc Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Leblanc Elementary School.
How diverse is Leblanc Elementary School?
Leblanc Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 6% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Leblanc Elementary School?
Leblanc Elementary School is overseen by Vermilion Parish in Vermilion Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.