Enrollment
195
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIENVILLE PARISH·NCES 220021000097
Ringgold Elementary School
4044 Bienville Rd. Suite A, Ringgold, LA 71068 · (318) 894-2911 · Bienville Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
7.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
155 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 13 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +14.0pp since 2022
Math
21.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Ringgold Elementary School
Ringgold Elementary School's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringgold Elementary School this school | 195 | 79.5% | 28.2% |
| Central Rayne Kindergarten School Rayne | 173 | 80.3% | N/A |
| Fort Necessity School Fort Necessity | 254 | 79.9% | 14.2% |
| South Rayne Elementary School Rayne | 219 | 83.1% | 39.3% |
| Grand Coteau Elementary School Grand Coteau | 269 | 77.7% | 32.5% |
| Grand Prairie Elementary School Washington | 264 | 75.0% | 45.2% |
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 Ringgold Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #342 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #422 of 582 ▼ 123 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #372 of 587 ▼ 196 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #67 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #659 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #282 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #89 of 436 |
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
195
-37 (-16%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 195 | 24.9 | 7.8:1 | 79% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 23.8 | 9.6:1 | 58% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 23 | 10.4:1 | 79% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 20 | 11.6:1 | 56% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 69% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | N/A | N/A | 74% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 78% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 74% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ringgold Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (269 to 195); teachers up 31% (19 to 24.9).
About Ringgold Elementary School
Ringgold Elementary School is a small elementary school in Ringgold, Louisiana, (ZIP code 71068). The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 195 students. It has 57% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).
Besides Ringgold Elementary School, Bienville Parish runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 1,799 students.
About 50% of students at Ringgold Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. It is also 44% White and 5% multiracial. Bienville Parish's residents are about 40% Black, 9 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Ringgold Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 7.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 14.0:1. The school reported 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Ringgold Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
In Louisiana, Ringgold Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.2% actual against a predicted 27.1%.
In the surrounding county, Bienville Parish, the median household earns about $35,011 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and about 22% of people live in poverty. Counting Ringgold Elementary School, Bienville Parish has 9 public schools.
Ringgold High School is the nearest public school to Ringgold Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. The school's 28.2% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 195, from 232 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 11.6 to 7.8 over 4 years.
The Ringgold Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bienville Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,638
Census ACS
Median income
$35,011
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bienville Parish
- Castor High SchoolCombined · 417 students
- Saline High SchoolCombined · 303 students
- Crawford Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Arcadia High SchoolHigh · 248 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 219 students
- Gibsland-Coleman High SchoolCombined · 139 students
Other Ringgold Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ringgold Elementary. Ringgold Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Ringgold ElementaryClarksville, TN · 829 students
- RINGGOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENTON, AR · 511 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRIO GRANDE CITY, TX · 482 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolRinggold, GA · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Ringgold High School0.0 mi · 219
- Castor High School7.8 mi · 417
- Central Elementary School11.1 mi · 427
- Lakeside Junior-Senior High School13.6 mi · 546
- Elm Grove Elementary School16.8 mi · 332
- Doyline High School16.8 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Ringgold Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ringgold Elementary School?
Ringgold Elementary School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ringgold Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ringgold Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ringgold Elementary School?
Approximately 7.8:1 students per teacher at Ringgold Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ringgold Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ringgold Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 1% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ringgold Elementary School in?
Ringgold Elementary School is part of Bienville Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.