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If you had an hour of school board time for Summer Grove Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000201
Summer Grove Elementary School
2955 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Shreveport, LA 71118 · (318) 686-1754 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% 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.
- DBeats 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
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
350 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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
19%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
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
7.0%
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 7 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Summer Grove Elementary School
Summer Grove Elementary School's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Grove Elementary School this school | 403 | 86.8% | 13.5% |
| Westwood Elementary School Shreveport | 419 | 88.5% | 9.8% |
| Combre-Fondel Elementary School Lake Charles | 426 | 85.7% | 22.0% |
| Dorseyville Elementary School White Castle | 402 | 85.8% | 32.5% |
| Cypress Point Elementary School Monroe | 431 | 89.8% | 21.2% |
| Elan Academy Charter School New Orleans | 436 | 85.1% | 20.2% |
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 Summer Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #537 of 583 | #25 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #569 of 582 ▼ 40 | #32 of 35 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #542 of 587 ▼ 60 | #23 of 35 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #191 of 540 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #398 of 714 | #21 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #270 of 655 | #15 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #551 of 655 | #22 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #174 of 705 | #13 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.6% | #36 of 436 | #2 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
403
-183 (-31%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 403 | 31.2 | 12.9:1 | 87% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 87% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 27.5 | 19.3:1 | 86% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 25 | 23.4:1 | 69% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 31.2 | 20.4:1 | 68% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | N/A | N/A | 90% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 84% (662) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 54% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 44 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summer Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (636 to 403); teachers unchanged (31.2 to 31.2).
About Summer Grove Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Summer Grove Elementary School serves students in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school counted 403 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Caddo Parish has 32,649 students in 57 schools, and Summer Grove Elementary School is one of those schools.
The share of students at Summer Grove Elementary School who are Black is 90%. Smaller groups are 3% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 49% of Caddo Parish residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
Summer Grove Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 87% at Summer Grove Elementary School. It compares with 68% for public schools in Caddo Parish.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Summer Grove Elementary School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Summer Grove Elementary School is 21.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 13.5%.
In Caddo Parish, the median household earns about $50,705 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Across Caddo Parish, 61 public schools serve about 33,851 students.
Summer Grove Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Southwood High School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Summer Grove Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 13.5% is below the 14.2% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Summer Grove Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 31%, from 586 to 403. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.9:1, from 23.4:1.
This page is set up for the Summer Grove Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
Nearby schools
- Southwood High School0.7 mi · 971
- Ridgewood Middle School1.0 mi · 521
- Pathways in Education-Louisiana Inc.1.0 mi · 307
- Forest Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 479
- Summerfield Elementary School1.3 mi · 428
- Southern Hills Elementary School1.7 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Summer Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Summer Grove Elementary School?
Summer Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Summer Grove Elementary School serve?
Summer Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Summer Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Summer Grove Elementary School.
How diverse is Summer Grove Elementary School?
Summer Grove Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Summer Grove Elementary School?
Summer Grove Elementary School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.