Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000178
Mooringsport Elementary School
602 Latimer Street, Mooringsport, LA 71060 · (318) 222-5214 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
198 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 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
42%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
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
23.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Mooringsport Elementary School
Mooringsport Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mooringsport Elementary School this school | 259 | 76.4% | 19.8% |
| Grayson Elementary School Grayson | 212 | 76.9% | N/A |
| Holly Ridge Elementary School Rayville | 232 | 75.0% | 34.8% |
| Frost School Livingston | 314 | 74.8% | 40.8% |
| Poland Junior High School Alexandria | 330 | 79.7% | 53.2% |
| Upper Little Caillou Elementary School Chauvin | 342 | 76.6% | 43.2% |
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 Mooringsport Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #454 of 583 | #15 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #404 of 582 ▲ 18 | #14 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #454 of 587 ▲ 39 | #16 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #47 of 540 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #588 of 714 | #31 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #173 of 655 | #9 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #417 of 655 | #15 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #322 of 705 | #20 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #182 of 436 | #15 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
259
-37 (-12%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 259 | 21.5 | 12.0:1 | 76% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 22.2 | 13.7:1 | 74% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 18.2 | 18.6:1 | 72% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 58% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 18.1 | 17.5:1 | 54% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 26 | 11.4:1 | 77% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 69% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 66% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 18 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mooringsport Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (318 to 259); teachers up 19% (18.1 to 21.5).
About Mooringsport Elementary School
Mooringsport Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Mooringsport, Louisiana. It reported 259 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
Caddo Parish has 57 schools and 32,649 students, and Mooringsport Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Mooringsport Elementary School are White (75%). Next come 10% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 43% White among all Caddo Parish residents. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Mooringsport Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Mooringsport Elementary School comes to 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Mooringsport Elementary School counts 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Caddo Parish average 68%.
Mooringsport Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Mooringsport Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.8% is 9.4 points below the 29.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Caddo Parish, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $50,705, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. The county's public schools total 61, with about 33,851 students.
Mooringsport Elementary School's nearest public school is Donnie Bickham Middle School (about 7.4 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is 4. On average proficiency, Mooringsport Elementary School is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Mooringsport Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment fell by 12% across 4 years, from 296 in 2020-21 to 259 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.6:1 to 12.0:1.
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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
Related schools
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
Nearby schools
- Donnie Bickham Middle School7.4 mi · 800
- Blanchard Elementary School8.4 mi · 363
- Northwood High School8.7 mi · 989
- Herndon Magnet School9.4 mi · 701
- North Caddo High School12.2 mi · 306
- George Washington Carver Elementary School12.4 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About Mooringsport Elementary SchoolHow large is Mooringsport Elementary School?
Mooringsport Elementary School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mooringsport Elementary School serve?
Mooringsport Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mooringsport Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mooringsport Elementary School is approximately 12.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mooringsport Elementary School?
At Mooringsport Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Mooringsport Elementary School public or private?
Mooringsport Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.