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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION PARISH·NCES 220177001694
Union Parish Elementary School
7195 Highway 33, Farmerville, LA 71241 · (318) 368-9542 · Union Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
394 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 | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Union Parish Elementary School→Union Parish High School
Based on grade levels within Union Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
22.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +13.0pp 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 22 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 11.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Union Parish Elementary School
Union Parish Elementary School's state test result (10.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Parish Elementary School this school | 506 | 77.9% | 10.5% |
| Live Oak Elementary School Lafayette | 520 | 81.9% | 24.5% |
| Ossun Elementary School Lafayette | 498 | 79.3% | 38.5% |
| Gonzales Primary School Gonzales | 455 | 73.8% | 35.5% |
| Emily C. Watkins Elementary Laplace | 551 | 80.6% | 23.0% |
| Cankton Elementary School Cankton | 504 | 82.9% | 28.3% |
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 Union Parish Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #566 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #420 of 582 ▲ 122 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #550 of 587 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #45 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #249 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #172 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #190 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #310 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #48 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
506
-187 (-27%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 477
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 506 | 42.1 | 12.0:1 | 78% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 45.8 | 13.6:1 | 68% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 45.3 | 14.5:1 | 58% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 28 | 24.8:1 | 67% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 48.7 | 15.8:1 | 73% (563) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | 59 | 14.7:1 | 93% (808) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 92% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 73% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 477 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Union Parish Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (769 to 506); teachers down 13% (48.7 to 42.1).
About Union Parish Elementary School
Students in Farmerville, Louisiana, attend Union Parish Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 506 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Union Parish includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 1,555 students.
More than half of the students at Union Parish Elementary School are Black (57%). Next come 24% White and 16% Hispanic. That compares with about 24% Black among all Union Parish residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Teacher count: 42.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.0:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 78%. The gap from the 68% average for public schools in Union Parish is 10 points.
Union Parish Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Union Parish Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 10.5%, against a prediction of 28.3%.
Census data for Union Parish show median household income comes to about $42,885, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 23% of residents are in poverty. The county has 5 public schools and about 2,753 students.
A public school about 2.1 miles away, Union Parish High School, is the closest to Union Parish Elementary School. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. On proficiency, Union Parish Elementary School is behind the 34.8% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 27% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.0:1, from 24.8:1.
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Union Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,821
Census ACS
Median income
$42,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union Parish
- Union Parish High SchoolHigh · 579 students
- Downsville Community Charter SchoolCombined · 470 students
Other schools in Farmerville
- D'Arbonne Woods Charter SchoolCombined · 993 students
- Union Parish High SchoolHigh · 579 students
Nearby schools
- Union Parish High School2.1 mi · 579
- D'Arbonne Woods Charter School6.3 mi · 993
- Downsville Community Charter School13.3 mi · 470
- Dubach School18.7 mi · 134
- Drew Elementary School19.5 mi · 537
- STRONG-HUTTIG SCHOOLS20.4 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Union Parish Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Union Parish Elementary School?
Union Parish Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-05.
Is Union Parish Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Union Parish Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Union Parish Elementary School have?
Union Parish Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Union Parish Elementary School?
At Union Parish Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 16% Hispanic, 57% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Union Parish Elementary School in?
Union Parish Elementary School is part of Union Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.