Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001065
Paradise Elementary School
5010 Monroe Highway, Ball, LA 71405 · (318) 640-1033 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% 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.
- 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
11.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
289 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 48 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
55.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% 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 25 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 Paradise Elementary School
Paradise Elementary School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Elementary School this school | 369 | 78.3% | 52.5% |
| Poland Junior High School Alexandria | 330 | 79.7% | 53.2% |
| Upper Little Caillou Elementary School Chauvin | 342 | 76.6% | 43.2% |
| Verda Elementary School Montgomery | 308 | 82.8% | 20.0% |
| Port Barre Elementary School Port Barre | 427 | 73.8% | 39.7% |
| Oakdale Elementary School Oakdale | 516 | 76.4% | 32.0% |
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 Paradise Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #89 of 583 | #6 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #158 of 582 ▼ 40 | #7 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #125 of 587 ▼ 27 | #8 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #190 of 540 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #445 of 714 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #146 of 655 | #5 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #367 of 655 | #8 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.3% | #305 of 705 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #122 of 436 | #2 of 15 |
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
369
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 369 | 31.2 | 11.8:1 | 78% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 31.1 | 11.5:1 | 76% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 20.2 | 18.5:1 | 78% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 39% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 26.2 | 18.4:1 | 75% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 67% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 57% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 60% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 27 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paradise Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (483 to 369); teachers up 19% (26.2 to 31.2).
About Paradise Elementary School
Located in Ball, Louisiana, Paradise Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school's enrollment of 369 students covers pre-K through 6.
Paradise Elementary School falls under Rapides Parish, which has 43 schools enrolling 21,340 students.
A majority of students at Paradise Elementary School, 69%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 61%. Paradise Elementary School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Paradise Elementary School operates with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. About 78% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 77% average for public schools in Rapides Parish.
allk12 grades Paradise Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Paradise Elementary School is +24.6 points, in the top 10% of Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.5%, and the predicted rate is 27.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Rapides Parish show that median household income is about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 51 public schools in Rapides Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 21,481.
The school nearest to Paradise Elementary School is Tioga Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Paradise Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Paradise Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 358 in 2020-21 and 369 in 2024-25, a 3% increase. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.8:1 to 11.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Paradise Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rapides Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapides Parish
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Buckeye High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Other schools in Ball
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Tioga Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
Other Paradise Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Paradise Elementary. Paradise Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Paradise Elementary SchoolPARADISE, TX · 414 students
- Paradise Elementary SchoolParadise, PA · 382 students
- Paradise Elementary SchoolThomasville, PA · 306 students
- Paradise ElementaryModesto, CA · 59 students
Nearby schools
- Tioga Elementary School1.0 mi · 482
- Tioga Junior High School1.1 mi · 415
- Tioga High School1.2 mi · 881
- Ball Elementary School1.9 mi · 387
- Pinecrest Supports & Services Center1.9 mi · 92
- Pineville Junior High School3.3 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Paradise Elementary SchoolHow large is Paradise Elementary School?
Paradise Elementary School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-06.
Is Paradise Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paradise Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Paradise Elementary School have?
Paradise Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Paradise Elementary School?
Student demographics at Paradise Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 5% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Paradise Elementary School?
Paradise Elementary School is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
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