Enrollment
167
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120001004
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School
3604 Highway 557, West Monroe, LA 71292 · (318) 325-4331 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
88 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 11 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 25% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School→Sterlington High School
Based on grade levels within Ouachita Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
48.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -18.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 18 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School this school | 167 | 52.7% | 42.3% |
| Evangeline Elementary School Evangeline | 159 | 54.1% | 65.8% |
| Nebo Elementary School Jena | 135 | 51.9% | 39.5% |
| Forked Island/E. Broussard Elem School Abbeville | 243 | 50.6% | 52.3% |
| Egan Elementary School Egan | 240 | 48.3% | 71.2% |
| Bayou Boeuf Elementary School Thibodaux | 209 | 46.4% | 69.8% |
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 Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #194 of 583 | #9 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #347 of 582 ▼ 122 | #14 of 30 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #214 of 587 ▼ 59 | #11 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #88 of 540 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #676 of 714 | #35 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #597 of 705 | #29 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #93 of 436 | #4 of 26 |
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
167
-43 (-20%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 210
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 167 | 14.5 | 11.6:1 | 53% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 14.5 | 12.4:1 | 53% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 13.6 | 13.8:1 | 56% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 12 | 17.5:1 | 25% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 230 | 14 | 16.4:1 | 56% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 50% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 53% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 15 | 13.9:1 | 41% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 13 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (230 to 167); teachers up 3% (14 to 14.5).
About Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School is a small elementary school for students in West Monroe, Louisiana. Enrollment is 167 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 63% lower.
A total of 36 schools make up Ouachita Parish, with 17,435 students enrolled.
At Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School, White students make up 96% of the student body. The White share of the county population is lower, at 56%. The chance that two students picked at random at Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School employs 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25. Public schools in Ouachita Parish average 67%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Pinecrest Elementary/Middle 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.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools: 42.3% actual against 46.4% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Ouachita Parish, median household income is about $54,688, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. A total of 59 public schools operate in Ouachita Parish, serving about 25,952 students.
The closest public school, Woodlawn Elementary School, is about 4.6 miles from Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School is 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The number of students dropped from 210 to 167 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 17.5:1 to 11.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in West Monroe
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn Elementary School4.6 mi · 508
- Woodlawn Middle School4.6 mi · 249
- West Ouachita High School8.8 mi · 968
- Lenwil Elementary School8.9 mi · 277
- Richwood High School9.6 mi · 400
- Southside Alternative High School9.7 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Pinecrest Elementary/Middle SchoolHow large is Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School?
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School enrolls approximately 167 students in grades PK-08.
Is Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School have?
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School?
Student demographics at Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School public or private?
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ouachita Parish.
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