Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATCHITOCHES PARISH·NCES 220114000832
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School
10800 Hwy. 120, Marthaville, LA 71450 · (318) 472-6141 · Natchitoches Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
9.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
177 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 12 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School→Natchitoches Central High School
Based on grade levels within Natchitoches Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 46.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 19% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School this school | 196 | 90.3% | 48.3% |
| Columbia Elementary School Columbia | 191 | 78.5% | 17.5% |
| Montegut Elementary School Montegut | 187 | 81.3% | 39.0% |
| Albany Upper Elementary School Albany | 320 | 83.4% | 40.3% |
| North Webster Lower Elementary School Shongaloo | 118 | 82.2% | N/A |
| Verda Elementary School Montgomery | 308 | 82.8% | 20.0% |
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 Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Natchitoches Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #118 of 583 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #122 of 582 ▲ 33 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #107 of 587 ▼ 20 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #273 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #658 of 714 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #120 of 705 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #60 of 436 | #2 of 7 |
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
196
-61 (-24%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 196 | 20.8 | 9.4:1 | 90% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 25.7 | 8.8:1 | 91% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 220 | 21.2 | 10.4:1 | 93% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 89% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 47% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 30 | 10.6:1 | 76% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 22 | 15.0:1 | 68% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 59% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (290 to 196); teachers up 15% (18 to 20.8).
About Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Marthaville, Louisiana. Enrollment is 196 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 57% smaller than average.
Natchitoches Parish has 13 schools and 4,792 students, and Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School, with 79% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Native American. Among all residents of Natchitoches Parish, the White share is about 51%. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 9.4 students per teacher and 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School an A. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana are predicted to post 19.3%, so the school is 29.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
County data help place the school in context: in Natchitoches Parish, the median household income is $46,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Natchitoches Parish is home to 15 public schools and about 5,064 public school students.
The closest other public school is Pleasant Hill High School, about 8.5 miles away. Local comparison: Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 48.3% versus a 31.7% average.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Over 4 years, Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School's enrollment declined 24%, to 196. By 2024-25, the school had 9.4 students per teacher, compared with 14.3 in 2020-21.
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Natchitoches Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,693
Census ACS
Median income
$46,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,064 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natchitoches Parish
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolElementary · 444 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Hill High School8.5 mi · 228
- Many Elementary School10.3 mi · 613
- Many Junior High School10.5 mi · 361
- Many High School10.5 mi · 320
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High School12.9 mi · 444
- Zwolle Elementary School16.2 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Marthaville Elementary & Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School?
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School serve?
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School.
How diverse is Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School?
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School reports a student body of 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School public or private?
Marthaville Elementary & Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Natchitoches Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.