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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN PARISH·NCES 220006000028
Oakdale Elementary School
1515 Highway 1153, Oakdale, LA 71463 · (318) 335-0690 · Allen Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
10.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
394 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 75 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 24% larger than its 4th grade class (70).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
43.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +13.0pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 13 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale Elementary School this school | 516 | 76.4% | 32.0% |
| Franklinton Primary School Franklinton | 567 | 75.7% | 20.5% |
| Teche Elementary School Breaux Bridge | 547 | 78.8% | 39.7% |
| Caneview Elementary School New Iberia | 509 | 74.7% | 42.8% |
| Port Barre Elementary School Port Barre | 427 | 73.8% | 39.7% |
| Many Elementary School Many | 613 | 73.4% | 31.0% |
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 Oakdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #301 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #221 of 582 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #253 of 587 ▲ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #19 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #237 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #81 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #216 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #325 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #206 of 436 |
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
516
-51 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 516 | 47.5 | 10.9:1 | 76% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 60% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 73% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 57% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 39% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 79% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 72% (490) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 39 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (622 to 516); teachers up 19% (40 to 47.5).
About Oakdale Elementary School
Oakdale Elementary School is an elementary school in Oakdale, Louisiana, according to federal school records. The school had 516 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
The Allen Parish system has 11 schools and 3,853 students.
White students account for 59% of enrollment at Oakdale Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The school's White share is 9 points below the 69% share among Allen Parish residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Oakdale Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school employs the equivalent of 47.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.9:1. Among elementary schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 14.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. The rate at public schools in Allen Parish averages 68%, lower than here.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Oakdale Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.3% for Oakdale Elementary School. The school posts 32.0%, 2.7 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe Allen Parish this way: median household income is about $46,469, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. Federal data list 12 public schools in Allen Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 3,859.
The next-closest public school is Oakdale High School, about 1.3 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Oakdale Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Oakdale Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Oakdale Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 567 in 2020-21 and 516 in 2024-25, a decrease of 51 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.9:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Allen Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,477
Census ACS
Median income
$46,469
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allen Parish
- Kinder Elementary SchoolElementary · 524 students
- Kinder High SchoolHigh · 388 students
- Fairview High SchoolCombined · 387 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- Elizabeth High SchoolCombined · 337 students
- Kinder Middle SchoolMiddle · 333 students
Other schools in Oakdale
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 340 students
- Oakdale High SchoolHigh · 299 students
Other Oakdale Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakdale Elementary. Oakdale Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Oakdale ElementaryIjamsville, MD · 1,167 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 710 students
- Oakdale ElementaryBrandon, MS · 566 students
- Oakdale Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 505 students
- Oakdale ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 497 students
Nearby schools
- Oakdale High School1.3 mi · 299
- Oakdale Middle School1.4 mi · 340
- Elizabeth High School8.2 mi · 337
- Plainview High School9.5 mi · 313
- Glenmora High School10.9 mi · 673
- Pine Prairie High School14.5 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About Oakdale Elementary SchoolHow large is Oakdale Elementary School?
Oakdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-04.
Is Oakdale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakdale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Oakdale Elementary School have?
Oakdale Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakdale Elementary School?
At Oakdale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 3% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Oakdale Elementary School public or private?
Oakdale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Allen Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.