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Does Provencal Elementary & Junior High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATCHITOCHES PARISH·NCES 220114000841
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School
132 Cherry Street, Provencal, LA 71468 · (318) 472-6174 · Natchitoches Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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
11.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
396 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School→Natchitoches Central High School
Based on grade levels within Natchitoches Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
58.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% 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 33 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 Provencal Elementary & Junior High School
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provencal Elementary & Junior High School this school | 444 | 89.2% | 53.2% |
| Tioga Elementary School Ball | 482 | 88.2% | 42.2% |
| Ball Elementary School Ball | 387 | 84.2% | 46.7% |
| Vidalia Lower Elementary School Vidalia | 415 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Springfield Elementary School Springfield | 569 | 82.8% | 34.7% |
| Verda Elementary School Montgomery | 308 | 82.8% | 20.0% |
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 Provencal Elementary & Junior High School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Natchitoches Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #85 of 583 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #146 of 582 ▼ 37 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #98 of 587 ▼ 10 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #164 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #319 of 714 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #94 of 655 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #379 of 655 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #135 of 705 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #411 of 436 | #5 of 7 |
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
444
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 444 | 40 | 11.1:1 | 89% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 42.2 | 11.8:1 | 89% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 32.5 | 14.3:1 | 94% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 84% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 22.8 | 19.8:1 | 51% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | N/A | N/A | 62% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 65% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 68% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Provencal Elementary & Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (452 to 444); teachers up 75% (22.8 to 40).
About Provencal Elementary & Junior High School
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Provencal, Louisiana. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 444 students.
Natchitoches Parish oversees Provencal Elementary & Junior High School and 12 other schools, with 4,792 students in total.
White students are the majority at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School, with 69% of enrollment. Other groups make up 23% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Natchitoches Parish as a whole is about 51% White, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School total 40 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.1:1. That is 2.9 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Provencal Elementary & Junior High School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 33.1 points (53.2% versus 20.1%), a top-10% result in Louisiana on BeatsExpectations.
Natchitoches Parish census figures show that the median household income is $46,292, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in Natchitoches Parish, enrolling about 5,064 students in all.
The nearest public school is Natchitoches Central High School, at about 8.4 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 49.3%, lower than Provencal Elementary & Junior High School's 53.2%.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School's enrollment dropped from 490 in 2020-21 to 444 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.1:1.
Community posts for Provencal Elementary & Junior High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Natchitoches Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,693
Census ACS
Median income
$46,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,064 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natchitoches Parish
- Natchitoches Central High SchoolHigh · 1,188 students
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolElementary · 687 students
- East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolMiddle · 383 students
- M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Natchitoches Jr. High SchoolMiddle · 371 students
- N.S.U. Elementary Lab SchoolElementary · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Natchitoches Central High School8.4 mi · 1,188
- N.S.U. Middle Lab School8.8 mi · 178
- N.S.U. Elementary Lab School9.2 mi · 290
- Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts9.2 mi · 272
- Natchitoches Parish Technical and Career Center9.9 mi · 37
- M.R. Weaver Elementary School10.6 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolHow large is Provencal Elementary & Junior High School?
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Provencal Elementary & Junior High School serve?
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Provencal Elementary & Junior High School have?
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is Provencal Elementary & Junior High School?
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School reports a student body of 69% White, 2% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Provencal Elementary & Junior High School in?
Provencal Elementary & Junior High School is part of Natchitoches Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.