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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000426
Shenandoah Elementary School
16555 Appomattox Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · (225) 753-3560 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
13.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
376 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
68%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
61.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 61.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Shenandoah Elementary School
Shenandoah Elementary School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah Elementary School this school | 584 | 64.4% | 51.5% |
| Parkview Elementary School Baton Rouge | 499 | 67.7% | 48.8% |
| Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School Marrero | 868 | 68.4% | 32.7% |
| University Elementary School Shreveport | 837 | 55.1% | 33.5% |
| Wildwood Elementary School Baton Rouge | 433 | 65.6% | 39.0% |
| Riverside Elementary School Shreveport | 404 | 68.1% | 27.5% |
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 Shenandoah Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #96 of 583 | #8 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #86 of 582 ▲ 30 | #5 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #80 of 587 ▼ 13 | #7 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #209 of 540 | #11 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #163 of 714 | #15 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #283 of 655 | #28 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #46 of 655 | #2 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #484 of 705 | #54 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #346 of 436 | #34 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
584
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 584 | 44.8 | 13.0:1 | 64% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 44.5 | 14.8:1 | 47% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 35.6 | 19.7:1 | 58% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 28 | 20.2:1 | 39% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 26.6 | 23.4:1 | 43% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | N/A | N/A | 28% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 49% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 26% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shenandoah Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (624 to 584); teachers up 68% (26.6 to 44.8).
About Shenandoah Elementary School
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is home to Shenandoah Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 584 students. The school is 29% larger than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
A total of 83 schools make up East Baton Rouge Parish, with 40,083 students enrolled.
About 47% of students at Shenandoah Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. The school is also 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among East Baton Rouge Parish residents, the Black share is about 44%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 44.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.0:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 64%.
Shenandoah Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Shenandoah Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.5%, compared with a predicted 38.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
For East Baton Rouge Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. The county has 132 public schools and about 66,892 students.
Woodlawn Middle School sits about 0.9 miles from Shenandoah Elementary School. Shenandoah Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Shenandoah Elementary School comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Shenandoah Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 19 students, from 565 to 584. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.2:1 to 13.0:1.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Other Shenandoah Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Shenandoah Elementary. Shenandoah Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolSarahsville, OH · 809 students
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 805 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolMiddletown, IN · 630 students
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 403 students
- Shenandoah ElementaryShenandoah, VA · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn Middle School0.9 mi · 807
- Woodlawn Elementary1.4 mi · 658
- Woodlawn High School1.6 mi · 1,331
- Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery2.1 mi · 316
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Campus2.2 mi · 888
- Southeast Middle School2.6 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Shenandoah Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shenandoah Elementary School?
Shenandoah Elementary School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shenandoah Elementary School serve?
Shenandoah Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shenandoah Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shenandoah Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Shenandoah Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shenandoah Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 47% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Shenandoah Elementary School in?
Shenandoah Elementary School is part of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.