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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102000769
Northside Elementary School
1090 Robbie Street, Denham Springs, LA 70726 · (225) 664-4223 · Livingston Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
366 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
40.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -14.0pp since 2022
Math
38.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 15 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary School this school | 466 | 78.5% | 37.0% |
| M.E. Norman Elementary School Morgan City | 335 | 77.0% | 23.7% |
| Galliano Elementary School Galliano | 383 | 74.2% | 39.5% |
| Walker Elementary School Walker | 623 | 80.9% | 35.0% |
| Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary School Houma | 627 | 76.4% | 38.5% |
| Joseph C Moscona School Metairie | 521 | 67.2% | 23.5% |
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 Northside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #252 of 583 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #243 of 582 ▲ 15 | #15 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #290 of 587 ▼ 71 | #20 of 22 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #271 of 540 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #302 of 714 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #228 of 655 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #81 of 655 | #2 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #298 of 705 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.2% | #86 of 197 | #6 of 17 |
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
466
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
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 | 466 | 37.2 | 12.5:1 | 79% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 39.3 | 15.4:1 | 74% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 26 | 21.5:1 | 78% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 23 | 19.9:1 | 46% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 26% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 62% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 50% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (408 to 466); teachers up 69% (22 to 37.2).
About Northside Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Northside Elementary School serves students in Denham Springs, Louisiana. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 466 students.
Northside Elementary School reports to Livingston Parish, which has 43 schools and 27,209 students.
The most common group at Northside Elementary School is White students, at 42%. The school is also 39% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 81%. Northside Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Northside Elementary School operates with 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.5:1. That is lower than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. About 79% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Northside Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Northside Elementary School would be expected to post about 27.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.0%.
Among Livingston Parish residents, the median household income is $80,122, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Northside Elementary School, Livingston Parish has 43 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Denham Springs High School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Northside Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Northside Elementary School comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Northside Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Northside Elementary School had 458 students in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25, nearly the same. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.9:1 to 12.5:1.
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Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Denham Springs
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- North Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 43.
- Northside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,073 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolClinton, MS · 683 students
- Northside ElementaryPEARL, MS · 665 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolDallas, GA · 626 students
- Northside ElementarySeneca, SC · 616 students
Nearby schools
- Denham Springs High School0.4 mi · 2,385
- Denham Springs Freshman High School0.5 mi · 710
- Freshwater Elementary School0.6 mi · 370
- Denham Springs Elementary School0.8 mi · 678
- Denham Springs Junior High School0.8 mi · 811
- Eastside Elementary School2.0 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Northside Elementary SchoolHow large is Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
Is Northside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Northside Elementary School have?
Northside Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northside Elementary School?
At Northside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 39% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Northside Elementary School in?
Northside Elementary School is part of Livingston Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.