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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITY OF MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 220108000798
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary
4200 Elm Street, Monroe, LA 71203 · (318) 322-9533 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
374 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 38% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
15.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
LA avg 34.2%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 8 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 15.0% | 7.0% |
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 9.0% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 7.0% | N/A |
% 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
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary this school | 391 | 95.7% | 8.8% |
| J. S. Clark Elementary School Shreveport | 387 | 94.6% | 13.8% |
| Robinson Elementary School Monroe | 374 | 94.4% | 18.5% |
| Grolee Elementary School Opelousas | 404 | 96.3% | 15.7% |
| Crestworth Elementary School Baton Rouge | 427 | 94.6% | 14.3% |
| Carver Elementary School Monroe | 395 | 97.7% | 12.3% |
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 Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #576 of 583 | #29 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #571 of 582 ▲ 2 | #28 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #565 of 587 ▲ 3 | #29 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #412 of 714 | #16 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #262 of 655 | #11 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.5% | #627 of 655 | #23 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #46 of 705 | #7 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #388 of 436 | #25 of 26 |
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
391
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 391 | 30.5 | 12.8:1 | 96% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 36.5 | 12.6:1 | 90% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 23.4 | 18.6:1 | 93% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 86% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 24.6 | 16.5:1 | 92% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | N/A | N/A | 88% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 92% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 97% (709) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 36 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (405 to 391); teachers up 24% (24.6 to 30.5).
About Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary
At 4200 Elm Street in Monroe, Louisiana, Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 391 students in pre-K through 6.
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary reports to City of Monroe School District, which has 19 schools and 8,033 students.
Black students are 96% of those enrolled at Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary. Next come 3% White. That compares with about 37% Black among all Ouachita Parish residents. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 1.1 more students per teacher than here. Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 96%. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Ouachita Parish.
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary is -6.7 points: 8.8% actual, 15.4% predicted.
In the wider Ouachita Parish area, the median household earns about $54,688 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary shares Ouachita Parish with 58 other public schools.
The closest school to Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary is Sherrouse School, located about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 8.8% is below the 13.9% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 391 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 407. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.8:1, from 17.7:1.
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Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in City of Monroe School District
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Neville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 474 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Sherrouse School0.9 mi · 106
- Carroll Junior High School0.9 mi · 348
- New Vision Learning Academy1.0 mi · 227
- Ouachita Junior High School1.0 mi · 312
- Carroll High School1.1 mi · 577
- Wossman High School1.8 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Roy Neal Shelling Sr. ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary?
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary serve?
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary?
At Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 0% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary in?
Roy Neal Shelling Sr. Elementary is part of City of Monroe School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.