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What's the state of after-school transportation at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School?
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Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE PARISH·NCES 220087000683
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School
600 Foreman Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506 · (337) 521-7750 · Lafayette Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
501 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 24 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
24.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
20.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 S.J. Montgomery Elementary School
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.J. Montgomery Elementary School this school | 663 | 75.6% | 22.2% |
| Jefferson Terrace Academy Baton Rouge | 571 | 78.5% | 13.0% |
| Woodmere School Harvey | 629 | 76.6% | 14.3% |
| Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School LaPlace | 754 | 78.5% | 29.8% |
| G. W. Carver Primary School Gonzales | 487 | 71.7% | 37.8% |
| South Baton Rouge Charter Academy Baton Rouge | 819 | 72.3% | 15.3% |
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 S.J. Montgomery Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Lafayette Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #418 of 583 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #439 of 582 ▼ 30 | #24 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #497 of 587 ▼ 49 | #22 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #65 of 540 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #94 of 714 | #7 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #456 of 655 | #7 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #170 of 655 | #12 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #330 of 705 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #205 of 436 | #8 of 14 |
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
663
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,065
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 663 | 45.5 | 14.6:1 | 76% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 49.6 | 13.0:1 | 75% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 38.5 | 16.8:1 | 73% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 93% (606) |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 60% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 57% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 75% (456) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 52 | 12.7:1 | 55% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 1,065 | 56 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S.J. Montgomery Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (800 to 663); teachers up 6% (43 to 45.5).
About S.J. Montgomery Elementary School
The public elementary school S.J. Montgomery Elementary School is located in Lafayette, Louisiana. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 663 students. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 46% higher.
District-wide, Lafayette Parish has 44 schools and 29,396 students.
Black students are the majority at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School, with 58% of enrollment. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 13% White, and 3% multiracial. Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School operates with 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.6:1. That is close to the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. S.J. Montgomery Elementary School reports 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 59% average for public schools in Lafayette Parish.
allk12 grades S.J. Montgomery Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School are 7.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (22.2% actual, 29.9% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lafayette Parish show that the median household income is $67,451, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides S.J. Montgomery Elementary School, Lafayette Parish has 49 other public schools.
The closest public school, Lafayette High School, is about 0.4 miles from S.J. Montgomery Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. S.J. Montgomery Elementary School places 4th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (655) to 2024-25 (663). By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 16.4 in 2020-21.
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Lafayette Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
247,997
Census ACS
Median income
$67,451
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
35,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lafayette Parish
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 1,833 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Other schools in Lafayette
- Lafayette Renaissance Charter AcademyCombined · 2,177 students
- Lafayette High SchoolHigh · 1,720 students
- Acadiana High SchoolHigh · 1,652 students
- David Thibodaux STEM Magnet AcademyHigh · 1,362 students
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,261 students
- Carencro High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette High School0.4 mi · 1,720
- Early College Academy0.6 mi · 257
- JCFA Lafayette1.0 mi · 56
- Woodvale Elementary School1.5 mi · 793
- Acadiana High School1.8 mi · 1,652
- L.J. Alleman Middle School1.8 mi · 890
Frequently asked questions
About S.J. Montgomery Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School?
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does S.J. Montgomery Elementary School serve?
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School?
Student demographics at S.J. Montgomery Elementary School are roughly 13% White, 24% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is S.J. Montgomery Elementary School public or private?
S.J. Montgomery Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lafayette Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.