Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. HELENA PARISH·NCES 220147001157
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy
1798 Highway 1042, Greensburg, LA 70441 · (225) 222-4364 · St. Helena Parish
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- 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
13.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
290 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 27% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy→St. Helena College and Career Academy
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within St. Helena Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
12.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 19 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 up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy this school | 291 | 99.7% | 11.5% |
| Acadian Elementary Alexandria | 270 | 98.9% | 22.7% |
| St. Helena Early Learning Center Greensburg | 271 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Martin Park Elementary School Alexandria | 281 | 97.2% | 17.0% |
| Berg Jones Elementary School Monroe | 328 | 98.5% | 8.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Monroe | 268 | 97.0% | 14.7% |
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 St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #559 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #539 of 582 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #547 of 587 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #222 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #550 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #382 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #556 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #2 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #221 of 436 |
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
291
-64 (-18%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 291 | 21.2 | 13.8:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 89% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 17 | 19.2:1 | 88% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 92% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 19.9 | 17.4:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 50 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 97% (493) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 89% (582) |
| 1990-91 | 754 | 43 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (347 to 291); teachers up 6% (19.9 to 21.2).
About St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is a small elementary school with an address in Greensburg, Louisiana. Federal data show 291 students enrolled in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
St. Helena Parish runs St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy along with 2 other schools, enrolling 997 students in total.
Of every 100 students at St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy, about 90 are Black. Other students are 5% White, 3% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 51% Black share among all St. Helena Parish residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1, with 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in St. Helena Parish is close, at 100%.
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is 1.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 11.5% actual, 12.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In St. Helena Parish, home to about 10,858 people, median household income comes to about $41,934, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 24% of people live in poverty. There are 3 public schools in the county, enrolling about 997, St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy among them.
The closest school to St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is St. Helena Early Learning Center, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy. Among its closest neighbors with test data, St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 18%, from 355 to 291. By 2024-25, the school had 13.8 students per teacher, compared with 19.7 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
St. Helena Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,858
Census ACS
Median income
$41,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
24%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Helena Parish
- St. Helena College and Career AcademyHigh · 435 students
- St. Helena Early Learning CenterElementary · 271 students
Other schools in Greensburg
- St. Helena College and Career AcademyHigh · 435 students
- St. Helena Early Learning CenterElementary · 271 students
Nearby schools
- St. Helena Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 271
- St. Helena College and Career Academy1.8 mi · 435
- Roseland Montessori11.8 mi · 412
- O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy12.5 mi · 314
- Amite Westside Middle Magnet13.2 mi · 279
- Kentwood High Magnet School13.4 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About St. Helena Arts and Technology AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy?
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy serve?
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is approximately 13.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy?
At St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 90% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy public or private?
St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Helena Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.