Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000425
Sharon Hills Elementary School
6450 Guynell Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70811 · (225) 355-6522 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
200 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 20 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
12.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Sharon Hills Elementary School
Sharon Hills Elementary School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Hills Elementary School this school | 213 | 93.9% | 12.7% |
| Pearl Watson Elementary School Lake Charles | 219 | 91.8% | 20.5% |
| Shady Grove Elementary School Monroe | 195 | 94.4% | 9.4% |
| Queensborough Elementary School Shreveport | 212 | 96.2% | 15.2% |
| Barkdull Faulk Elementary School Monroe | 212 | 96.2% | 16.8% |
| Melrose Elementary School Baton Rouge | 227 | 96.5% | 15.2% |
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 Sharon Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #551 of 583 | #46 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #546 of 582 ▼ 104 | #44 of 49 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #574 of 587 ▼ 59 | #49 of 50 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #240 of 540 | #20 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #639 of 714 | #57 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #33 of 655 | #6 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #619 of 655 | #46 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #71 of 705 | #11 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #84 of 436 | #13 of 39 |
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
213
-57 (-21%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 213 | 22 | 9.7:1 | 94% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 18.2 | 13.5:1 | 86% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 12.7 | 19.9:1 | 96% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 16 | 16.9:1 | 84% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 18.4 | 16.3:1 | 92% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | N/A | N/A | 81% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 94% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 85% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharon Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (299 to 213); teachers up 19% (18.4 to 22).
About Sharon Hills Elementary School
Sharon Hills Elementary School is a small elementary school in Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge. The school had 213 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453, so this school runs 53% smaller than that.
East Baton Rouge Parish oversees Sharon Hills Elementary School and 82 other schools, with 40,083 students in total.
Sharon Hills Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 94% Black. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic. Census figures show East Baton Rouge Parish is about 44% Black. Sharon Hills Elementary School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.7:1. That ratio is under the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Sharon Hills Elementary School is 94%. Among public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Sharon Hills Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.7% for Sharon Hills Elementary School. The school posts 12.7%, 4.0 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish show that median household income is about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Sharon Hills Elementary School is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, which together enroll about 66,892 students.
The closest public school to Sharon Hills Elementary School is Zion City School A Redesign School, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles of Sharon Hills Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 12.7% is below the 23.8% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Sharon Hills Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Sharon Hills Elementary School saw enrollment fall 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.7 students per teacher, compared with 16.9 in 2020-21.
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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Sharon Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Sharon Hills Elementary School?
Sharon Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sharon Hills Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sharon Hills Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sharon Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sharon Hills Elementary School is approximately 9.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sharon Hills Elementary School?
Sharon Hills Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 94% Black.
Who oversees Sharon Hills Elementary School?
Sharon Hills Elementary School is overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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