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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERNON PARISH·NCES 220183001414
Parkway Elementary School
3585 University Parkway, Leesville, LA 71446 · (337) 239-3363 · Vernon Parish
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
14.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
259 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 165 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 70% larger than its 4th grade class (97).
Student demographics
69%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Parkway Elementary School→Vernon Middle School
Based on grade levels within Vernon Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
49.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -18.0pp since 2022
Math
42.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 18 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 47.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Parkway Elementary School
Parkway Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway Elementary School this school | 675 | 38.4% | 41.3% |
| Oak Grove Primary School Prairieville | 725 | 40.7% | 69.7% |
| Honey Island Elementary School Slidell | 607 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| Bluff Ridge Primary Prairieville | 677 | 39.1% | 66.2% |
| Belle Chasse Academy Belle Chasse | 773 | 46.7% | 57.7% |
| New Sarpy Elementary School Destrehan | 417 | 37.9% | 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 Parkway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Vernon Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #203 of 583 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #206 of 582 ▲ 87 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #210 of 587 ▼ 49 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #43 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #91 of 714 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #474 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #31 of 655 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.4% | #671 of 705 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #92 of 197 | N/A |
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
675
+174 (+35%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,599
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 675 | 45.5 | 14.8:1 | 38% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 36.5 | 19.9:1 | 42% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 30.4 | 23.2:1 | 16% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 41% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 599 | 31.8 | 18.9:1 | 50% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 48% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 65% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 34 | 20.2:1 | 56% (387) |
| 1990-91 | 1,599 | 82 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (599 to 675); teachers up 43% (31.8 to 45.5).
About Parkway Elementary School
Parkway Elementary School is an elementary school in Leesville, Louisiana, reachable at (337) 239-3363. The school counted 675 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 4. The school is 49% larger than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Vernon Parish runs 18 schools with a combined 7,887 students. Parkway Elementary School is one of them.
The biggest share of students at Parkway Elementary School, 46%, is White. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Vernon Parish's population at about 75%. The diversity index for Parkway Elementary School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Parkway Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 38%. Across public schools in Vernon Parish, the average is 64%.
Parkway Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Test results at Parkway Elementary School are 15.4 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.3%, compared with a predicted 56.8%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
American Community Survey estimates for Vernon Parish show that median household income comes to about $57,270, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Vernon Parish counts 18 public schools with about 7,887 students.
Measured in a straight line, North Early Childhood Center is about 2.1 miles from Parkway Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Parkway Elementary School comes in 2nd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Parkway Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 35% across 4 years, from 501 in 2020-21 to 675 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.9:1 to 14.8:1.
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Vernon Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,117
Census ACS
Median income
$57,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,887 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vernon Parish
- Rosepine Elementary SchoolElementary · 856 students
- Leesville High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- West Leesville Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Rosepine High SchoolHigh · 572 students
- Pickering Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Anacoco Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Leesville
- Leesville High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- West Leesville Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Pickering Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Leesville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Pickering High SchoolHigh · 379 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
Other Parkway Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Parkway Elementary. Parkway Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 21.
- Parkway Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 795 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLONGVIEW, TX · 674 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolMONAHANS, TX · 646 students
- Parkway ElementaryBoone, NC · 610 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLEWISVILLE, TX · 571 students
Nearby schools
- North Early Childhood Center2.1 mi · 127
- Leesville Junior High School4.2 mi · 421
- Leesville High School4.3 mi · 748
- West Leesville Elementary School4.3 mi · 643
- East Leesville Early Childhood Center4.5 mi · 176
- Pickering High School4.5 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Parkway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Parkway Elementary School?
Parkway Elementary School enrolls approximately 675 students in grades KG-04.
Is Parkway Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkway Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Parkway Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Parkway Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Parkway Elementary School?
Student demographics at Parkway Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkway Elementary School?
Parkway Elementary School is overseen by Vernon Parish in Vernon Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.