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Which teacher or staff member at Richard Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADIA PARISH·NCES 220003000020
Richard Elementary School
1616 Charlene Highway, Church Point, LA 70525 · (337) 684-3339 · Acadia Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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
16.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
223 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 7% larger than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Richard Elementary School
Richard Elementary School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Elementary School this school | 458 | 48.7% | 47.3% |
| Central Elementary School Calhoun | 430 | 49.8% | 36.2% |
| Pierre Part Elementary School Pierre Part | 480 | 51.9% | 46.2% |
| Fifth Ward Junior High School Bush | 440 | 52.3% | 45.8% |
| Drew Elementary School West Monroe | 537 | 44.9% | 62.7% |
| Kiroli Elementary School West Monroe | 450 | 47.1% | 47.8% |
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 Richard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Acadia Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #127 of 583 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #161 of 582 ▼ 13 | #6 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #99 of 587 ▲ 1 | #3 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #249 of 540 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #306 of 714 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #573 of 655 | #5 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #535 of 655 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #623 of 705 | #16 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #168 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
458
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 458 | 28.2 | 16.2:1 | 49% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 28.9 | 17.4:1 | 49% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 27.3 | 18.6:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 24 | 20.6:1 | 34% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 20.3 | 21.9:1 | 28% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 58% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 60% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 69% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (446 to 458); teachers up 39% (20.3 to 28.2).
About Richard Elementary School
Richard Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Church Point, Louisiana. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 458 students enrolled.
The district, Acadia Parish, has 9,043 students enrolled across 27 schools.
Richard Elementary School is 88% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Acadia Parish's population at about 77%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Richard Elementary School scores 22%.
Staffing at Richard Elementary School comes to 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. Richard Elementary School counts 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 18 points below the 67% average for public schools in Acadia Parish.
Richard Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The model predicts 49.3% for a school in Louisiana with Richard Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Richard Elementary School posts 47.3%.
Census data for Acadia Parish show median household income comes to about $45,562, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. There are 27 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,043, Richard Elementary School among them.
Church Point Middle School is the nearest public school to Richard Elementary School, about 5.2 miles away. Richard Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.2%, lower than Richard Elementary School's 47.3%.
NCES assigns Richard Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 495 to 458. The ratio was 20.6:1 in 2020-21 and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Acadia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,955
Census ACS
Median income
$45,562
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
9,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Acadia Parish
- Mire Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Rayne High SchoolHigh · 653 students
- Iota Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Iota High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
Other schools in Church Point
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Church Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Church Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 262 students
Other Richard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Richard Elementary. Richard Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Richard Elementary SchoolGROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Church Point Middle School5.2 mi · 262
- Branch Elementary School5.7 mi · 374
- Church Point High School6.2 mi · 504
- Church Point Elementary School6.3 mi · 491
- Central Middle School7.2 mi · 251
- East Elementary School7.7 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richard Elementary School?
Richard Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-08.
Is Richard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Richard Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Richard Elementary School.
How diverse is Richard Elementary School?
Richard Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Elementary School?
Richard Elementary School is overseen by Acadia Parish in Acadia Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.