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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARTIN PARISH·NCES 220159001228
St. Martin STEAM Academy
716 N. Main Street, St. Martinville, LA 70582 · (337) 394-6254 · St. Martin Parish
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
435 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 70%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within St. Martin Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
23.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-57 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 18.4:1
% White
36%
was 27%
% Hispanic
2%
was 0%
% Black
55%
was 68%
% Asian
0%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About St. Martin STEAM Academy
St. Martin STEAM Academy is a mid-tier primary school in St. Martinville, Louisiana, overseen by St. Martin Parish. The school instructs 478 students in grades 2 through 5.
St. Martin Parish comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 6,680 students; St. Martin STEAM Academy is among them.
On the student-mix side, St. Martin STEAM Academy records that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, St. Martin STEAM Academy has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting St. Martin STEAM Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, St. Martin STEAM Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.0%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of +8.0 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for St. Martin Parish shows median household earnings sit near $55,960, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across St. Martin Parish's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,696 students), St. Martin STEAM Academy is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: St. Martinville Senior High School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts St. Martin STEAM Academy at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St. Martin STEAM Academy has fell 11%, going from 535 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 68% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.
On allk12, members of the St. Martin STEAM Academy community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
St. Martin Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,353
Census ACS
Median income
$55,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,696 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Martin Parish
- Cecilia High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Breaux Bridge High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Cecilia Primary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Cecilia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 576 students
- Teche Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolHigh · 521 students
Other schools in St. Martinville
- St. Martinville Senior High SchoolHigh · 521 students
- Parks Primary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- St. Martinville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 299 students
- St. Martin Early STEAM AcademyElementary · 295 students
- Parks Middle SchoolMiddle · 245 students
Nearby schools
- St. Martinville Senior High School0.2 mi · 521
- St. Martin Early STEAM Academy1.2 mi · 295
- Central Southwest Alternative- St. Martinville2.3 mi · 16
- St. Martinville Junior High School2.8 mi · 299
- Parks Middle School5.7 mi · 245
- Parks Primary School6.0 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martin STEAM AcademyHow many students attend St. Martin STEAM Academy?
St. Martin STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 02-05.
What grades does St. Martin STEAM Academy serve?
St. Martin STEAM Academy serves grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Martin STEAM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Martin STEAM Academy is approximately 9.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is St. Martin STEAM Academy?
St. Martin STEAM Academy reports a student body of 36% White, 2% Hispanic, 55% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is St. Martin STEAM Academy in?
St. Martin STEAM Academy is part of St. Martin Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.