1
Welcome to the Southern Hills Elementary School community. What's one thing that would make Southern Hills Elementary School even better?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000196
Southern Hills Elementary School
9075 Kingston Road, Shreveport, LA 71118 · (318) 686-1974 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% 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.
- C-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
12.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
439 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 33 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
23%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
15.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
12.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
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 12 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 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
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Southern Hills Elementary School
Southern Hills Elementary School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Hills Elementary School this school | 504 | 87.1% | 15.3% |
| Pierre A. Capdau S.T.E.A.M School New Orleans | 565 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Mansfield Elementary School Mansfield | 542 | 87.5% | 30.7% |
| Elan Academy Charter School New Orleans | 436 | 85.1% | 20.2% |
| Woodland Park Magnet Hammond | 458 | 90.0% | 13.3% |
| Lincoln School for the Arts Marrero | 467 | 88.4% | 18.0% |
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 Southern Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #505 of 583 | #17 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #533 of 582 ▲ 4 | #22 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #562 of 587 ▼ 13 | #27 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #91 of 540 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #251 of 714 | #12 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #239 of 655 | #12 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #529 of 655 | #20 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #170 of 705 | #12 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #28 of 436 | #1 of 25 |
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
504
-263 (-34%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 941
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 504 | 39.9 | 12.6:1 | 87% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 41.6 | 15.2:1 | 85% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 31.5 | 21.5:1 | 84% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 36 | 21.3:1 | 75% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 813 | 40.7 | 20.0:1 | 73% (593) |
| 2015-16 | 847 | N/A | N/A | 94% (797) |
| 2010-11 | 793 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 88% (700) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 68% (497) |
| 1990-91 | 941 | 53 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southern Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (813 to 504); teachers down 2% (40.7 to 39.9).
About Southern Hills Elementary School
Southern Hills Elementary School is an elementary school in Shreveport, Louisiana, and it is part of Caddo Parish. It has an enrollment of 504 students in pre-K through 5.
Southern Hills Elementary School is one of the 57 schools that make up Caddo Parish (32,649 students in total).
Black students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. It is also 9% Hispanic. Caddo Parish's residents are about 49% Black, 39 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
Southern Hills Elementary School has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 14.0:1. The school has 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 68% average for public schools in Caddo Parish is 19 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Southern Hills Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 5% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Southern Hills Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.3%; the prediction is 21.6%.
In the wider Caddo Parish area, median household income comes to about $50,705, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Caddo Parish's 61 public schools enroll about 33,851 students and include Southern Hills Elementary School.
Southern Hills Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Ridgewood Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Southern Hills Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 504, down from 767 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 21.3:1 to 12.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Southern Hills Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
Other Southern Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Southern Hills Elementary. Southern Hills Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Southern Hills Elementary SchoolWICHITA FALLS, TX · 521 students
- Southern Hills Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgewood Middle School0.8 mi · 521
- Forest Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 479
- Pathways in Education-Louisiana Inc.1.1 mi · 307
- Summer Grove Elementary School1.7 mi · 403
- Southwood High School2.2 mi · 971
- Woodlawn High School2.3 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About Southern Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southern Hills Elementary School?
Southern Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Southern Hills Elementary School serve?
Southern Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Southern Hills Elementary School have?
Southern Hills Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Southern Hills Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southern Hills Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 9% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Southern Hills Elementary School in?
Southern Hills Elementary School is part of Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.