Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADIA PARISH·NCES 220003001504
Martin Petitjean Elementary School
4039 Crowley-Rayne Highway, Rayne, LA 70578 · (337) 334-9501 · Acadia Parish
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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
16.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
269 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 102 | 33% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 32% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 35% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Martin Petitjean Elementary School→South Rayne Elementary School
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
18.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Martin Petitjean Elementary School
Martin Petitjean Elementary School's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Petitjean Elementary School this school | 306 | 87.9% | 18.8% |
| East Elementary School Eunice | 310 | 86.1% | 43.2% |
| Glendale Elementary School Eunice | 259 | 87.6% | 30.8% |
| Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School Campti | 278 | 89.9% | 24.3% |
| Breaux Bridge Elementary School Breaux Bridge | 322 | 91.6% | 19.2% |
| Chataignier Elementary School Chataignier | 375 | 85.3% | 28.8% |
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 Martin Petitjean Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Acadia Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #466 of 583 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #463 of 582 ▼ 10 | #12 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #331 of 587 ▲ 56 | #11 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #182 of 540 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #532 of 714 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #577 of 655 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #124 of 655 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #159 of 705 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #169 of 436 | #4 of 10 |
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
306
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 306 | 18.8 | 16.3:1 | 88% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 20.2 | 16.4:1 | 83% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 18 | 19.0:1 | 85% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 69% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 16 | 23.7:1 | 59% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 72% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 87% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 78% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 23 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Petitjean Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (379 to 306); teachers up 17% (16 to 18.8).
About Martin Petitjean Elementary School
Martin Petitjean Elementary School is a small elementary school in Rayne, Louisiana. It educates 306 students in grades 1 through 3. The school's enrollment is 32% smaller than the 453 average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Within Acadia Parish, Martin Petitjean Elementary School is one of 27 schools. The district enrolls 9,043 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Martin Petitjean Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 40% White, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Acadia Parish is roughly 16% Black. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school's lunch program data list 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Acadia Parish.
Martin Petitjean Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Martin Petitjean Elementary School is 2.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.8%. Predicted: 21.0%.
Martin Petitjean Elementary School is located in Acadia Parish, where the median household income is $45,562, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 20%. Martin Petitjean Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Martin Petitjean Elementary School is South Rayne Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Martin Petitjean Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Martin Petitjean Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Martin Petitjean Elementary School's enrollment declined from 329 in 2020-21 to 306 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 17.3 in 2020-21 to 16.3 in 2024-25.
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Acadia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,955
Census ACS
Median income
$45,562
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
9,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Acadia Parish
- Mire Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Rayne High SchoolHigh · 653 students
- Iota Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Iota High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
Other schools in Rayne
- Mire Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Rayne High SchoolHigh · 653 students
- Armstrong Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
- South Rayne Elementary SchoolElementary · 219 students
- Indian Bayou Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Central Rayne Kindergarten SchoolElementary · 173 students
Nearby schools
- South Rayne Elementary School0.7 mi · 219
- Central Rayne Kindergarten School1.2 mi · 173
- Armstrong Middle School1.3 mi · 304
- Rayne High School1.6 mi · 653
- South Crowley Elementary School5.6 mi · 320
- Crowley Kindergarten School5.8 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Petitjean Elementary SchoolHow large is Martin Petitjean Elementary School?
Martin Petitjean Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 01-03.
What age range does Martin Petitjean Elementary School serve?
Martin Petitjean Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Martin Petitjean Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Martin Petitjean Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Martin Petitjean Elementary School?
Student demographics at Martin Petitjean Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 6% Hispanic, 46% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Petitjean Elementary School?
Martin Petitjean Elementary School is overseen by Acadia Parish in Acadia Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.