Enrollment
175
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120001016
Swayze Elementary School
2400 Burg Jones Lane, Monroe, LA 71202 · (318) 325-1357 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL175 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- A-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
10.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
161 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
45.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +18.0pp since 2022
Math
9.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 18 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 9.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 5.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Swayze Elementary School
Swayze Elementary School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swayze Elementary School this school | 175 | 92.0% | 14.8% |
| Delhi Elementary School Delhi | 167 | 94.6% | 7.5% |
| West St. John Elementary School (K-7) Edgard | 188 | 88.8% | 18.5% |
| Shady Grove Elementary School Monroe | 195 | 94.4% | 9.4% |
| T. H. Watkins Elementary School Lake Charles | 165 | 90.9% | 23.0% |
| Atkins Technology Elementary School Shreveport | 189 | 92.1% | 10.3% |
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 Swayze Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #514 of 583 | #22 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #560 of 582 ▼ 26 | #25 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #240 of 587 ▲ 221 | #12 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #63 of 540 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 175 | #674 of 714 | #34 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #90 of 705 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #152 of 436 | #9 of 26 |
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
175
-53 (-23%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 175 | 17.2 | 10.2:1 | 92% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 17 | 12.0:1 | 94% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 14.2 | 15.9:1 | 96% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 14 | 16.3:1 | 73% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 15 | 14.8:1 | 92% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 93% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 99% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 94% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swayze Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (221 to 175); teachers up 15% (15 to 17.2).
About Swayze Elementary School
Swayze Elementary School is an elementary school in Monroe, Louisiana, and it is part of Ouachita Parish. A total of 175 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 61% smaller than average.
Ouachita Parish has 17,435 students in 36 schools, and Swayze Elementary School is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at Swayze Elementary School, 100%, are Black. Among all residents of Ouachita Parish, the Black share is about 37%. The chance that two students picked at random at Swayze Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 0%.
Swayze Elementary School counts 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.2 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 14.0:1. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Ouachita Parish, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Swayze Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Swayze Elementary School are 3.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (14.8% actual, 18.1% predicted).
Ouachita Parish census figures show that median household income is about $54,688, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. A total of 59 public schools operate in Ouachita Parish, serving about 25,952 students.
The nearest public school is Berg Jones Elementary School, at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Swayze Elementary School places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 175 was 23% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 228. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.3:1 to 10.2:1.
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Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Neville High SchoolHigh · 1,042 students
- Wossman High SchoolHigh · 635 students
- Sallie Humble Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 577 students
- Lexington Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Berg Jones Elementary School0.3 mi · 328
- Minnie Ruffin Elementary School0.7 mi · 354
- Martin Luther King Junior High School0.8 mi · 350
- Wossman High School0.9 mi · 635
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary0.9 mi · 268
- Shady Grove Elementary School1.0 mi · 195
Frequently asked questions
About Swayze Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Swayze Elementary School?
Swayze Elementary School enrolls approximately 175 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Swayze Elementary School serve?
Swayze Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Swayze Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Swayze Elementary School.
How diverse is Swayze Elementary School?
Swayze Elementary School reports a student body of 100% Black.
Who oversees Swayze Elementary School?
Swayze Elementary School is overseen by Ouachita Parish in Ouachita Parish.
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