Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADIA PARISH·NCES 220003000021
Ross Elementary School
1809 West Hutchinson Avenue, Crowley, LA 70526 · (337) 783-0927 · Acadia Parish
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- DThree-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
13.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
237 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 62 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (62) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
50%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
20.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -13.0pp since 2022
Math
6.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 13 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20.0% | 6.0% |
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Elementary School this school | 256 | 92.6% | 14.5% |
| Browning Elementary School Springhill | 252 | 89.7% | N/A |
| Raintree Elementary School Baldwin | 254 | 91.3% | 33.3% |
| Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School Jonesboro | 291 | 89.0% | 12.5% |
| LaGrange Elementary School Franklin | 221 | 93.2% | 12.0% |
| W.P. Foster Elementary School Franklin | 222 | 95.5% | 15.8% |
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 Ross Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Acadia Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #519 of 583 | #15 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #573 of 582 ▼ 3 | #15 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #526 of 587 ▲ 18 | #14 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #33 of 540 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #592 of 714 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #331 of 655 | #2 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #318 of 655 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #84 of 705 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #190 of 436 | #6 of 10 |
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
256
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 256 | 19.1 | 13.4:1 | 93% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 20.6 | 11.8:1 | 91% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | 90% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 244 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 79% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 68% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 93% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 94% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 91% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 31 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (313 to 256); teachers up 19% (16 to 19.1).
About Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School is a small elementary school in Crowley, Louisiana, (ZIP code 70526). The school's enrollment of 256 students covers grades 1 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
Ross Elementary School is run by Acadia Parish, whose 27 schools enroll 9,043 students.
Black students make up a majority at Ross Elementary School, at 66%. The next largest groups are 23% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. In Acadia Parish overall, about 16% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Ross Elementary School reports 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Acadia Parish.
The allk12 Grade for Ross Elementary School is D. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Ross Elementary School scores 14.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 17.6%.
Ross Elementary School is located in Acadia Parish, where the median household income is $45,562, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ross Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in the county.
North Crowley Elementary School is located about 1.0 miles from Ross Elementary School. The five-mile area around Ross Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 29.0%, higher than Ross Elementary School's 14.5%.
NCES assigns Ross Elementary School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when Ross Elementary School had 244 students, to 2024-25, when it had 256. Students per teacher fell from 17.4 in 2020-21 to 13.4 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Crowley
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
- Crowley Middle SchoolMiddle · 394 students
- South Crowley Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- North Crowley Elementary SchoolElementary · 254 students
- Crowley Kindergarten SchoolElementary · 208 students
Other Ross Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Ross Elementary. Ross Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 15.
- Ross ElementaryMemphis, TN · 665 students
- Ross ElementaryTopeka, KS · 563 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 512 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolDodge City, KS · 502 students
- Ross Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 498 students
Nearby schools
- North Crowley Elementary School1.0 mi · 254
- Crowley Middle School1.1 mi · 394
- Crowley Kindergarten School1.2 mi · 208
- South Crowley Elementary School1.3 mi · 320
- Crowley High School3.7 mi · 495
- Estherwood Elementary School4.6 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About Ross Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ross Elementary School?
Ross Elementary School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Ross Elementary School serve?
Ross Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
How many students per teacher at Ross Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Ross Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ross Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ross Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 5% Hispanic, 66% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ross Elementary School?
Ross Elementary School is overseen by Acadia Parish in Acadia Parish.
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