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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Springfield Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102000772
Springfield Elementary School
25190 Blood River Road, Springfield, LA 70462 · (225) 294-3398 · Livingston Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-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.
- AThree-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
13.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
471 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 8% larger than its 4th grade class (91).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
50.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Springfield Elementary School
Springfield Elementary School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Elementary School this school | 569 | 82.8% | 34.7% |
| Live Oak Elementary School Denham Springs | 571 | 79.5% | 43.7% |
| Albany Lower Elementary School Albany | 518 | 82.2% | N/A |
| Ball Elementary School Ball | 387 | 84.2% | 46.7% |
| Tioga Elementary School Ball | 482 | 88.2% | 42.2% |
| Levi Milton Elementary School Walker | 702 | 77.2% | 42.5% |
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 Springfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #275 of 583 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #225 of 582 ▼ 23 | #13 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #191 of 587 ▲ 29 | #13 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #71 of 540 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #184 of 714 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #381 of 655 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #406 of 655 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #233 of 705 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #138 of 197 | #14 of 17 |
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
569
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 569 | 41.4 | 13.8:1 | 83% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 41.2 | 13.9:1 | 78% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 31.4 | 18.6:1 | 80% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 54% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 30.6 | 17.6:1 | 40% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 69% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 528 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 69% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 72% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (540 to 569); teachers up 35% (30.6 to 41.4).
About Springfield Elementary School
Springfield Elementary School is one of the public schools in Springfield, Louisiana. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 569 students, spread over pre-K through 4. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 453.
Springfield Elementary School is one of the 43 schools that make up Livingston Parish (27,209 students in total).
The student body at Springfield Elementary School is 73% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Springfield Elementary School has 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.8:1. That is in line with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 83% at Springfield Elementary School. That is higher than the 73% average for public schools in Livingston Parish.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Springfield Elementary School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Springfield Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.7% is 10.0 points above the 24.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Livingston Parish, median household income comes to about $80,122, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 44 public schools and about 27,209 students.
Springfield Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Springfield High School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Springfield Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Springfield Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 16 students, from 553 to 569. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 440 students
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 400 students
Other Springfield Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 12 states are named Springfield Elementary. Springfield Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 15.
- Springfield Elementary SchoolSpringfield, GA · 876 students
- Springfield ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 798 students
- Springfield ElementaryCharleston, SC · 679 students
- SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRINGFIELD, NE · 400 students
- Springfield Elementary SchoolNew Middletown, OH · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Springfield High School0.1 mi · 400
- Springfield Middle School0.9 mi · 440
- Hammond Westside Montessori5.3 mi · 1,022
- Albany High School5.4 mi · 534
- Albany Upper Elementary School5.4 mi · 320
- Albany Lower Elementary School5.5 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Springfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Springfield Elementary School?
Springfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Springfield Elementary School serve?
Springfield Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Springfield Elementary School have?
Springfield Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Springfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Springfield Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Springfield Elementary School in?
Springfield Elementary School is part of Livingston Parish.
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