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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Turner Elementary Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
1,437
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030001676
Turner Elementary Middle School
5904 West 70th Street, Shreveport, LA 71129 · (318) 688-4380 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,437 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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
17.6:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
1,182 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 | 59 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 147 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 183 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 170 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (147) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (151).
Student demographics
28%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
22.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Turner Elementary Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Elementary Middle School this school | 1,437 | 82.3% | 13.8% |
| Lake Charles Charter Academy Lake Charles | 951 | 85.5% | 23.3% |
| KIPP Morial New Orleans | 951 | 88.2% | N/A |
| Mildred Osborne Charter School New Orleans | 850 | 84.1% | N/A |
| KIPP East New Orleans | 921 | 88.6% | N/A |
| KIPP Central City New Orleans | 817 | 83.5% | N/A |
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 Turner Elementary Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #533 of 583 | #22 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #545 of 582 ▼ 16 | #26 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #508 of 587 ▲ 5 | #19 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #226 of 540 | #15 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,437 | #3 of 714 | #2 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #618 of 655 | #34 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #505 of 655 | #19 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #242 of 705 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #46 of 197 | #3 of 8 |
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
1,437
+36 (+3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,607
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 1,437 | 81.7 | 17.6:1 | 82% (1,182) |
| 2023-24 | 1,379 | 78.3 | 17.6:1 | 81% (1,111) |
| 2022-23 | 1,371 | 67.9 | 20.2:1 | 81% (1,111) |
| 2020-21 | 1,401 | 56 | 25.0:1 | 72% (1,003) |
| 2017-18 | 1,098 | 54.5 | 20.1:1 | 68% (742) |
| 2015-16 | 1,063 | N/A | N/A | 92% (978) |
| 2010-11 | 1,137 | 68 | 16.7:1 | 80% (905) |
| 2000-01 | 1,418 | 77 | 18.4:1 | 60% (851) |
| 1990-91 | 1,607 | 79 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Elementary Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (1,098 to 1,437); teachers up 50% (54.5 to 81.7).
About Turner Elementary Middle School
Among the schools in Shreveport, Louisiana, is Turner Elementary Middle School, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 1,437 students in pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 217% larger than that mark.
The Caddo Parish system has 57 schools and 32,649 students.
Black students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. It is also 10% Hispanic, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. Caddo Parish's residents are about 49% Black, 35 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 81.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.6 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Of all students at Turner Elementary Middle School, 82% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Caddo Parish average 68%.
On the allk12 Grade, Turner Elementary Middle School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Turner Elementary Middle School is 11.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (13.8% versus 25.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In the surrounding county, Caddo Parish, the median household earns about $50,705 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Turner Elementary Middle School, Caddo Parish has 61 public schools.
Huntington High School is about 0.3 miles from Turner Elementary Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Turner Elementary Middle School places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 1,437 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,401. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.0:1 in 2020-21, and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet SchoolMiddle · 992 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
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Linwood Public Charter SchoolElementary · 1,092 students
Nearby schools
- Huntington High School0.3 mi · 1,345
- Caddo Virtual Academy1.7 mi · 110
- Bethune/Oak Park Elementary2.9 mi · 502
- Southwood High School3.3 mi · 971
- Westwood Elementary School3.5 mi · 419
- Midway Professional Development Center3.6 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Turner Elementary Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Turner Elementary Middle School?
Turner Elementary Middle School enrolls approximately 1,437 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Turner Elementary Middle School serve?
Turner Elementary Middle School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Turner Elementary Middle School have?
Turner Elementary Middle School employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Turner Elementary Middle School?
Student demographics at Turner Elementary Middle School are roughly 4% White, 10% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Turner Elementary Middle School?
Turner Elementary Middle School is overseen by Caddo Parish in Caddo Parish.
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