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What's the most underrated thing about Linwood Public Charter School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,092
Elementary
STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT-LDE·NCES 220005400175
Linwood Public Charter School
401 West 70th Street, Shreveport, LA 71106 · (318) 847-7634 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,092 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
72 FTE teachers
STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
1,025 students
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 | 39 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 138 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (121).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
26.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Linwood Public Charter School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linwood Public Charter School this school | 1,092 | 93.9% | 15.2% |
| KIPP Leadership New Orleans | 890 | 90.7% | N/A |
| KIPP East New Orleans | 921 | 88.6% | N/A |
| Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci New Orleans | 756 | 95.9% | N/A |
| Langston Hughes Charter Academy New Orleans | 791 | 89.8% | N/A |
| Advantage Charter Academy Baker | 743 | 96.8% | 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 Linwood Public Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #509 of 583 | #19 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #541 of 582 ▲ 18 | #24 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #470 of 587 ▲ 9 | #17 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,092 | #8 of 714 | #3 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #495 of 655 | #28 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.0% | #616 of 655 | #32 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #72 of 705 | #4 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #62 of 197 | #4 of 8 |
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
1,092
+88 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,092 | 72 | 15.2:1 | 94% (1,025) |
| 2023-24 | 1,059 | 51 | 20.8:1 | 90% (956) |
| 2022-23 | 1,007 | 65.2 | 15.4:1 | 90% (906) |
| 2020-21 | 1,004 | 59 | 17.0:1 | 76% (764) |
| 2017-18 | 901 | 42 | 21.4:1 | 85% (765) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linwood Public Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (901 to 1,092); teachers up 71% (42 to 72).
About Linwood Public Charter School
Linwood Public Charter School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 1,092 students. That puts enrollment 141% above the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Linwood Public Charter School reports to Recovery School District-LDE.
The share of students at Linwood Public Charter School who are Black is 94%. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 49% of Caddo Parish residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
The school has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 94% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Caddo Parish report 68%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 16.7% at Linwood Public Charter School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.2%.
In the wider Caddo Parish area, the median household earns about $50,705 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Linwood Public Charter School shares Caddo Parish with 60 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Atkins Technology Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Linwood Public Charter School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Linwood Public Charter School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,004 (2020-21) to 1,092 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 17.0 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
Linwood Public Charter School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Nearby schools
- Atkins Technology Elementary School0.5 mi · 189
- Caddo Middle Career and Technology School0.5 mi · 336
- Woodlawn High School0.7 mi · 623
- Fairfield Magnet School1.0 mi · 512
- Eighty-First Street ECE Center1.1 mi · 35
- Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School1.3 mi · 977
Frequently asked questions
About Linwood Public Charter SchoolHow large is Linwood Public Charter School?
Linwood Public Charter School enrolls approximately 1,092 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Linwood Public Charter School serve?
Linwood Public Charter School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Linwood Public Charter School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Linwood Public Charter School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Linwood Public Charter School?
At Linwood Public Charter School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 4% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Linwood Public Charter School public or private?
Linwood Public Charter School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Recovery School District-LDE.
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