Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000685
Myrtle Place Elementary School
1100 Myrtle Place Boulevard, Lafayette, LA 70506 · (337) 521-7760 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- ABeats 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
18.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
116 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
82.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82.0% | 85.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
78.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 16 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 Myrtle Place Elementary School
Myrtle Place Elementary School's state test result (78.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Place Elementary School this school | 384 | 30.2% | 78.8% |
| Magnolia Trace Elementary School Mandeville | 355 | 32.4% | 51.7% |
| Bayou Community Academy Charter School Thibodaux | 499 | 35.5% | 72.0% |
| N.S.U. Elementary Lab School Natchitoches | 290 | 31.4% | 77.8% |
| Marigny Elementary School Mandeville | 422 | 29.1% | N/A |
| Lakewood Elementary School Luling | 501 | 35.5% | 51.2% |
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 Myrtle Place Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #12 of 583 | #1 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #9 of 582 ▲ 3 | #1 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #14 of 587 ▲ 7 | #1 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #215 of 540 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #419 of 714 | #22 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #625 of 655 | #19 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #428 of 655 | #20 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #689 of 705 | #26 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #83 of 197 | #6 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
384
+49 (+15%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 384 | 21.3 | 18.0:1 | 30% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 31.8 | 11.8:1 | 31% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 44% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 86% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 32% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 35 | 10.9:1 | 66% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 30 | 10.2:1 | 80% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 67% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 28 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Myrtle Place Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (334 to 384); teachers down 18% (26 to 21.3).
About Myrtle Place Elementary School
Myrtle Place Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Lafayette Parish in Lafayette, Louisiana. It reported 384 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, Lafayette Parish, operates 44 schools serving 29,396 students.
The share of White students at Myrtle Place Elementary School is 74%, a majority. It is also 20% Black, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Lafayette Parish is roughly 63% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Based on 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Myrtle Place Elementary School has a ratio of 18.0:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 14.0:1. Income data for the school show 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 29 points below the 59% average for public schools in Lafayette Parish.
Myrtle Place Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Myrtle Place Elementary School is in the top 10% of Louisiana schools: 78.8% actual against 62.6% predicted.
The school's county is Lafayette Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,451 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Lafayette Parish number 50, with about 35,903 students.
Lafayette Middle School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Myrtle Place Elementary School is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Myrtle Place Elementary School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Myrtle Place Elementary School enrolled 335 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 384. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.0:1 to 18.0:1.
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Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Myrtle Place Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Myrtle Place Elementary School?
Myrtle Place Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Myrtle Place Elementary School serve?
Myrtle Place Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Myrtle Place Elementary School?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Myrtle Place Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Myrtle Place Elementary School?
At Myrtle Place Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 2% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Myrtle Place Elementary School public or private?
Myrtle Place Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafayette Parish.
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