Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120000995
Lenwil Elementary School
112 Arrant Road, West Monroe, LA 71292 · (318) 323-3604 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
229 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 47% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
64%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
24.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Lenwil Elementary School
Lenwil Elementary School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenwil Elementary School this school | 277 | 82.7% | 17.0% |
| Freshwater Elementary School Denham Springs | 370 | 82.4% | 44.3% |
| South Crowley Elementary School Crowley | 320 | 89.1% | 16.5% |
| Richard W. Vincent Elementary School Sulphur | 283 | 82.7% | 28.7% |
| Raceland Upper Elementary School Raceland | 302 | 78.1% | 42.3% |
| Albany Upper Elementary School Albany | 320 | 83.4% | 40.3% |
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 Lenwil Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #491 of 583 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #457 of 582 ▼ 46 | #16 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #498 of 587 ▲ 21 | #23 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #218 of 540 | #11 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #567 of 714 | #26 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #236 of 655 | #8 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #91 of 655 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #235 of 705 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #271 of 436 | #18 of 26 |
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
277
+10 (+4%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 277 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 83% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 20.8 | 14.1:1 | 80% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 85% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 63% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 18.6 | 16.9:1 | 71% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 75% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 89% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 65% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lenwil Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (314 to 277); teachers up 18% (18.6 to 22).
About Lenwil Elementary School
Lenwil Elementary School is a small elementary school in West Monroe, Louisiana. Total enrollment is 277 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Louisiana have about 453 students on average; enrollment here is 39% lower.
Ouachita Parish enrolls 17,435 students, and its 36 schools include Lenwil Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Lenwil Elementary School, about 52 are White. It is also 21% Hispanic, 21% Black, and 7% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lenwil Elementary School scores 64%.
Lenwil Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.3 students per teacher. At Lenwil Elementary School, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 16 points above the 67% average for public schools in Ouachita Parish.
Lenwil Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Lenwil Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (17.0%) and its predicted rate (24.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Ouachita Parish show that median household income comes to about $54,688, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. The county's public schools total 59, with about 25,952 students.
About 1.7 miles separate Lenwil Elementary School from the closest public school, Riser Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Lenwil Elementary School places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Lenwil Elementary School is Suburb: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 277, from 267 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Lenwil Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in West Monroe
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
Nearby schools
- Riser Elementary School1.7 mi · 313
- Riser Middle School1.7 mi · 410
- Riverbend Elementary School2.8 mi · 301
- Southside Alternative High School3.0 mi · 165
- Crosley Elementary School3.1 mi · 193
- Barkdull Faulk Elementary School3.3 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Lenwil Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lenwil Elementary School?
Lenwil Elementary School enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lenwil Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lenwil Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lenwil Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Lenwil Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lenwil Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lenwil Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 21% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lenwil Elementary School public or private?
Lenwil Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ouachita Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.