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What's something R. V. Kerr Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000128
R. V. Kerr Elementary School
1700 Airline Drive, Bossier City, LA 71112 · (318) 549-6560 · Bossier Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
299 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
63%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
37.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
26.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 R. V. Kerr Elementary School
R. V. Kerr Elementary School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. V. Kerr Elementary School this school | 367 | 81.5% | 23.8% |
| Lucille Nesom Memorial Tickfaw | 414 | 83.1% | 14.8% |
| Creswell Elementary School Shreveport | 325 | 81.5% | 10.7% |
| Waller Elementary School Bossier City | 424 | 77.8% | 12.7% |
| Riser Elementary School West Monroe | 313 | 82.4% | 17.5% |
| Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School Marrero | 414 | 85.0% | 19.2% |
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 R. V. Kerr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #394 of 583 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #359 of 582 ▲ 77 | #14 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #319 of 587 ▲ 69 | #14 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #123 of 540 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #449 of 714 | #18 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #127 of 655 | #1 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #121 of 655 | #7 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #258 of 705 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #70 of 436 | #3 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
367
-26 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 367 | 31.7 | 11.6:1 | 81% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 31.3 | 11.0:1 | 80% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 31.5 | 13.2:1 | 87% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 42% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 42% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 63% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 51% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 29 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. V. Kerr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (527 to 367); teachers up 6% (30 to 31.7).
About R. V. Kerr Elementary School
R. V. Kerr Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Bossier City, Louisiana. The school enrolls 367 students in pre-K through 5.
Across its 34 schools, Bossier Parish enrolls 22,233 students. R. V. Kerr Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at R. V. Kerr Elementary School is Black: 54%. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 18% White, and 5% multiracial. Bossier Parish as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school has 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 14.0:1. The school reported 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Bossier Parish average 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, R. V. Kerr Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
R. V. Kerr Elementary School is 1.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (23.8% versus 25.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
For the population of Bossier Parish, median household income comes to about $69,617, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Bossier Parish's 34 public schools enroll about 22,233 students and include R. V. Kerr Elementary School.
Rusheon Middle School sits about 0.6 miles from R. V. Kerr Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, R. V. Kerr Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, R. V. Kerr Elementary School enrolled 393 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 367. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to R. V. Kerr Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Bossier City
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Cope Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Bossier High SchoolHigh · 654 students
Nearby schools
- Rusheon Middle School0.6 mi · 583
- Waller Elementary School0.7 mi · 424
- Central Park Elementary School1.3 mi · 431
- Greenacres Middle School1.8 mi · 543
- Magnolia School of Excellence1.8 mi · 1,430
- Meadowview Elementary School1.9 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About R. V. Kerr Elementary SchoolHow large is R. V. Kerr Elementary School?
R. V. Kerr Elementary School enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does R. V. Kerr Elementary School serve?
R. V. Kerr Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R. V. Kerr Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R. V. Kerr Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is R. V. Kerr Elementary School?
R. V. Kerr Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 23% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is R. V. Kerr Elementary School in?
R. V. Kerr Elementary School is part of Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.