Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030001510
Midway Professional Development Center
3840 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, LA 71109 · (318) 636-1861 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
214 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 20 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
15%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
18.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Midway Professional Development Center
Midway Professional Development Center's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway Professional Development Center this school | 234 | 91.5% | 14.2% |
| Northeast Elementary School Opelousas | 232 | 90.5% | 18.7% |
| Pearl Watson Elementary School Lake Charles | 219 | 91.8% | 20.5% |
| New Vision Learning Academy Monroe | 227 | 91.2% | 12.7% |
| Dr. Raphael A. Baranco Elementary School Lafayette | 247 | 93.1% | 14.5% |
| Merrydale Elementary School Baton Rouge | 242 | 93.8% | 14.8% |
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 Midway Professional Development Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #525 of 583 | #20 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #465 of 582 ▲ 24 | #19 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #407 of 587 ▲ 117 | #14 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #251 of 540 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #618 of 714 | #32 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #99 of 655 | #4 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #591 of 655 | #28 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #98 of 705 | #8 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #119 of 436 | #8 of 25 |
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
234
-74 (-24%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 234 | 20.9 | 11.2:1 | 91% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 18.3 | 16.3:1 | 88% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 17.9 | 17.4:1 | 92% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 15 | 20.5:1 | 73% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 82% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 98% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 96% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midway Professional Development Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (307 to 234); teachers up 23% (17 to 20.9).
About Midway Professional Development Center
Midway Professional Development Center serves students in Shreveport, Louisiana, as a small elementary school. Enrollment is 234 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 48% smaller than average.
Besides Midway Professional Development Center, Caddo Parish runs 56 other schools. The district enrolls 32,649 students.
Black students are the large majority at Midway Professional Development Center, with 92% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Caddo Parish's population at about 49%. By the diversity index, Midway Professional Development Center comes in at 15%.
The school employs the equivalent of 20.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Midway Professional Development Center is 91%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Caddo Parish is 68%.
Midway Professional Development Center is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Midway Professional Development Center lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 14.2%; the prediction is 18.4%.
Caddo Parish census figures show that median household income is about $50,705, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. A total of 61 public schools operate in Caddo Parish, serving about 33,851 students.
Bethune/Oak Park Elementary is the public school closest to Midway Professional Development Center, about 0.8 miles away. Midway Professional Development Center has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.3% on proficiency, and Midway Professional Development Center is below that at 14.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 234 was 24% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 308. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.5:1 to 11.2:1.
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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
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Other schools in Caddo Parish
- 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
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
- Bethune/Oak Park Elementary0.8 mi · 502
- Fair Park Middle School0.9 mi · 469
- Judson Fundamental Elementary School1.1 mi · 312
- Werner Park Elementary School1.5 mi · 262
- Queensborough Elementary School1.7 mi · 212
- AmiKiDs Caddo1.7 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Midway Professional Development CenterHow large is Midway Professional Development Center?
Midway Professional Development Center enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Midway Professional Development Center serve?
Midway Professional Development Center serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Midway Professional Development Center?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Midway Professional Development Center.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Midway Professional Development Center?
At Midway Professional Development Center, the student body is approximately 3% White, 1% Hispanic, 92% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Midway Professional Development Center in?
Midway Professional Development Center is part of Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.