Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001052
Mary Goff Elementary School
6900 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, LA 71360 · (318) 640-3416 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
270 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 32 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 10% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
61.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 61.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 17 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 →
Where Mary Goff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #120 of 583 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #135 of 582 | #6 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #82 of 587 | #6 of 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #90 of 540 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #452 of 714 | #16 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #592 of 655 | #24 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #491 of 655 | #13 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #358 of 705 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #191 of 197 | #9 of 9 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
365
+20 (+6%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 365 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 74% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 23.1 | 15.9:1 | 76% (278) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 18.4 | 19.6:1 | 68% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 41% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 19.2 | 18.9:1 | 73% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 66% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 63% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 63% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Goff Elementary School.
About Mary Goff Elementary School
In Pineville, Louisiana, Mary Goff Elementary School is a small elementary school. There are 365 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6.
In Rapides Parish, 43 schools enroll a combined 21,340 students.
Roughly 82% of students at Mary Goff Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 61% of Rapides Parish residents are White. The diversity index for Mary Goff Elementary School is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mary Goff Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 2.6 students per teacher. At Mary Goff Elementary School, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Mary Goff Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 16.9 points. The model expects 31.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana; the school's rate is 48.0%.
For the population of Rapides Parish, median household income comes to about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rapides Parish counts 51 public schools with about 21,481 students.
Tioga Junior High School is about 2.7 miles from Mary Goff Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Mary Goff Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 365 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 345. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.2:1 to 16.6:1.
This page is set up for the Mary Goff Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Rapides Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapides Parish
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Buckeye High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Other schools in Pineville
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Pineville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 527 students
- Tioga Junior High SchoolMiddle · 415 students
- Ruby-Wise Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Lessie Moore Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Tioga Junior High School2.7 mi · 415
- Tioga High School2.9 mi · 881
- Ball Elementary School3.4 mi · 387
- Paradise Elementary School3.4 mi · 369
- Tioga Elementary School3.5 mi · 482
- South Grant Elementary School4.6 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Goff Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mary Goff Elementary School?
Mary Goff Elementary School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Mary Goff Elementary School serve?
Mary Goff Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mary Goff Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Mary Goff Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary Goff Elementary School?
At Mary Goff Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Mary Goff Elementary School in?
Mary Goff Elementary School is part of Rapides Parish.
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