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What's one thing North Caddo Elementary-Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030002424
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School
100 W Kentucky, Vivian, LA 71082 · (318) 375-3271 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
404 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
61%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
12.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
26.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 North Caddo Elementary-Middle School
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Caddo Elementary-Middle School this school | 502 | 80.5% | 14.2% |
| Hattie A. Watts Elementary School Patterson | 601 | 80.2% | 31.0% |
| Thibodaux Elementary School Thibodaux | 575 | 82.1% | N/A |
| Chesbrough Elementary School Kentwood | 424 | 82.5% | 25.8% |
| Lisa Park Elementary School Houma | 574 | 79.4% | 47.2% |
| Church Point Elementary School Church Point | 491 | 85.7% | 30.5% |
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 North Caddo Elementary-Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #526 of 583 | #21 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #534 of 582 ▼ 76 | #23 of 35 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #543 of 587 ▼ 5 | #24 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #184 of 540 | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #255 of 714 | #14 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #124 of 655 | #7 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #144 of 655 | #3 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #270 of 705 | #17 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #55 of 436 | #4 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
502
-156 (-24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 502 | 43.5 | 11.6:1 | 80% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 46.3 | 12.3:1 | 77% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 35.4 | 17.3:1 | 77% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 658 | 33 | 19.9:1 | 68% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 36.1 | 20.9:1 | 64% (485) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Caddo Elementary-Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (756 to 502); teachers up 20% (36.1 to 43.5).
About North Caddo Elementary-Middle School
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School is a public elementary school in Vivian, Louisiana. It has an enrollment of 502 students in pre-K through 8.
Across its 57 schools, Caddo Parish enrolls 32,649 students. North Caddo Elementary-Middle School is one of those schools.
The student body at North Caddo Elementary-Middle School has no majority group. Black students lead at 48%. Other groups include 38% White, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Caddo Parish overall, the Black share is about 49%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 43.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.6:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 14.0:1. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Caddo Parish, the school's rate is higher.
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, North Caddo Elementary-Middle School is 12.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 14.2%. Predicted: 26.4%.
The school is in Caddo Parish, where the median household earns about $50,705 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. North Caddo Elementary-Middle School shares Caddo Parish with 60 other public schools.
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School's nearest public school is North Caddo High School (about 1.1 miles). There are 3 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, North Caddo Elementary-Middle School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 24% decline took enrollment from 658 in 2020-21 to 502 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.6:1) than in 2020-21 (19.9:1).
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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
- North Caddo High School1.1 mi · 306
- McLeod School7.4 mi · 424
- Herndon Magnet School8.5 mi · 701
- Mooringsport Elementary School13.2 mi · 259
- Plain Dealing High School16.8 mi · 270
- George Washington Carver Elementary School18.0 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About North Caddo Elementary-Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at North Caddo Elementary-Middle School?
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does North Caddo Elementary-Middle School serve?
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does North Caddo Elementary-Middle School have?
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is North Caddo Elementary-Middle School?
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School reports a student body of 38% White, 7% Hispanic, 48% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees North Caddo Elementary-Middle School?
North Caddo Elementary-Middle School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.