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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000134
Platt Elementary School
4680 East Highway 80, Haughton, LA 71037 · (318) 549-5870 · Bossier Parish
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
242 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 228 | 50% |
| Grade 3 | 231 | 50% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bossier Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
54.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp 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 54 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 down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 Platt Elementary School
Platt Elementary School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platt Elementary School this school | 459 | 52.7% | 49.8% |
| T.L. Rodes Elementary School Haughton | 542 | 49.3% | N/A |
| Princeton Elementary School Princeton | 491 | 48.9% | 41.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School Pearl River | 420 | 49.3% | 43.2% |
| Abita Springs Elementary School Abita Springs | 587 | 50.3% | 45.0% |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Slidell | 593 | 49.6% | 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 Platt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #105 of 583 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #149 of 582 ▼ 84 | #6 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #134 of 587 ▼ 17 | #8 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #180 of 540 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #305 of 714 | #12 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #297 of 655 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #197 of 655 | #10 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #596 of 705 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #116 of 436 | #4 of 14 |
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
459
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 833
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 459 | 34.9 | 13.1:1 | 53% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 33.2 | 15.4:1 | 58% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 56% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 27% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 37% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 52% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 47% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 43% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 833 | 42 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Platt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (608 to 459); teachers unchanged (35 to 34.9).
About Platt Elementary School
At 4680 East Highway 80 in Haughton, Louisiana, Platt Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 459 students across grades 2 through 3.
Platt Elementary School reports to Bossier Parish, which has 34 schools and 22,233 students.
White students make up a majority at Platt Elementary School, at 60%. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, Bossier Parish is about 63% White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.1:1 comes from the school's 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Bossier Parish average 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Platt Elementary School is B+. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Platt Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.8% and a predicted 46.4%.
Bossier Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $69,617, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Bossier Parish has 34 public schools and roughly 22,233 students.
Of nearby public schools, T.L. Rodes Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Platt Elementary School. On proficiency, Platt Elementary School is ahead of the 45.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
Platt Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Platt Elementary School had 435 students, to 2024-25, when it had 459. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.1:1, from 14.5:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Haughton
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Haughton Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- T.L. Rodes Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
Nearby schools
- T.L. Rodes Elementary School0.2 mi · 542
- Princeton Elementary School3.0 mi · 491
- Haughton Elementary School4.0 mi · 618
- Haughton High School4.1 mi · 1,360
- Haughton Middle School4.2 mi · 993
- Stockwell Place Elementary School4.5 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Platt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Platt Elementary School?
Platt Elementary School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 02-03.
What grades does Platt Elementary School serve?
Platt Elementary School serves grades 02-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Platt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Platt Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Platt Elementary School?
Platt Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Platt Elementary School?
Platt Elementary School is overseen by Bossier Parish in Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.