Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATCHITOCHES PARISH·NCES 220114000836
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School
#1 Caldwell NSU Campus-W EastonBldg, Natchitoches, LA 71497 · (318) 238-6385 · Natchitoches Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% 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.
- C-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
16.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
91 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Natchitoches Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
75.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 75.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 N.S.U. Elementary Lab School
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| N.S.U. Elementary Lab School this school | 290 | 31.4% | 77.8% |
| Magnolia Trace Elementary School Mandeville | 355 | 32.4% | 51.7% |
| Myrtle Place Elementary School Lafayette | 384 | 30.2% | 78.8% |
| George Welch Elementary School West Monroe | 429 | 35.4% | 57.2% |
| Marigny Elementary School Mandeville | 422 | 29.1% | N/A |
| Louisiana Key Academy Northshore Covington | 256 | 38.7% | N/A |
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 N.S.U. Elementary Lab School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Natchitoches Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #13 of 583 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #16 of 582 ▼ 6 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #24 of 587 ▼ 7 | #1 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #127 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #551 of 714 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #583 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #376 of 655 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #686 of 705 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #427 of 436 | #6 of 7 |
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
290
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 290 | 17.7 | 16.4:1 | 31% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 17.8 | 16.9:1 | 31% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 14 | 21.1:1 | 34% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 23% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 18% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 15 | 19.8:1 | 20% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 21% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 18 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for N.S.U. Elementary Lab School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (292 to 290); teachers up 18% (15 to 17.7).
About N.S.U. Elementary Lab School
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is a small elementary school in Natchitoches, Louisiana, one of the schools in Natchitoches Parish. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 290 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students.
District-wide, Natchitoches Parish has 13 schools and 4,792 students.
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School's enrollment is 71% White. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Natchitoches Parish, the White share is about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at N.S.U. Elementary Lab School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
Staffing totals 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. That ratio is over the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is 31%. Among public schools in Natchitoches Parish, the average eligibility rate is 84%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, N.S.U. Elementary Lab School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, N.S.U. Elementary Lab School ranks in the top 10% in Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.8%, against a prediction of 61.8%.
Federal survey data for Natchitoches Parish show that median household income is about $46,292, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is among the 15 public schools in Natchitoches Parish.
The closest public school to N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of N.S.U. Elementary Lab School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is ahead of the 36.8% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 288 in 2020-21 to 290 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 20.6 in 2020-21.
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Natchitoches Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,693
Census ACS
Median income
$46,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,064 students
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Other schools in Natchitoches Parish
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolElementary · 444 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
Other schools in Natchitoches
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
- Louisiana School for Math Science & the ArtsHigh · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts0.3 mi · 272
- N.S.U. Middle Lab School0.7 mi · 178
- Natchitoches Central High School1.0 mi · 1,188
- M.R. Weaver Elementary School1.4 mi · 379
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School1.5 mi · 383
- Natchitoches Parish Technical and Career Center1.6 mi · 37
Frequently asked questions
About N.S.U. Elementary Lab SchoolHow large is N.S.U. Elementary Lab School?
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
Is N.S.U. Elementary Lab School an elementary, middle, or high school?
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does N.S.U. Elementary Lab School have?
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at N.S.U. Elementary Lab School?
At N.S.U. Elementary Lab School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is N.S.U. Elementary Lab School public or private?
N.S.U. Elementary Lab School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Natchitoches Parish.
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