Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONCORDIA PARISH·NCES 220048000327
Vidalia Upper Elementary School
1 Concordia Avenue, Vidalia, LA 71373 · (318) 336-6224 · Concordia Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
237 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 105 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 32% |
Student demographics
56%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
40.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
31.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Vidalia Upper Elementary School
Vidalia Upper Elementary School's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidalia Upper Elementary School this school | 316 | 75.0% | 38.3% |
| Juban Parc Elementary School Denham Springs | 416 | 70.7% | 56.3% |
| Paradise Elementary School Ball | 369 | 78.3% | 52.5% |
| Caneview Elementary School New Iberia | 509 | 74.7% | 42.8% |
| Mamou Elementary School Mamou | 392 | 79.1% | 47.5% |
| Upper Little Caillou Elementary School Chauvin | 342 | 76.6% | 43.2% |
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 Vidalia Upper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #245 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #315 of 582 ▼ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #284 of 587 ▼ 58 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #80 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #518 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #207 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #232 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #335 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #191 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
316
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 246
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 316 | 25.7 | 12.3:1 | 75% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 30.2 | 11.7:1 | 68% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 69% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 71% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 20.5 | 18.9:1 | 71% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 82% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 68% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 65% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 246 | 16 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vidalia Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (386 to 316); teachers up 25% (20.5 to 25.7).
About Vidalia Upper Elementary School
Families in Vidalia, Louisiana, are served by Vidalia Upper Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school covers grades 3 through 5 and reported 316 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 30% below that mark.
Concordia Parish enrolls 2,911 students, and its 10 schools include Vidalia Upper Elementary School.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at Vidalia Upper Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Concordia Parish, where about 56% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is higher. Vidalia Upper Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Vidalia Upper Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Vidalia Upper Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.3% is 8.0 points above the 30.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Concordia Parish, home to about 18,174 people, the median household earns about $39,943 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 25%. Vidalia Upper Elementary School shares Concordia Parish with 10 other public schools.
Vidalia Lower Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Vidalia Upper Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vidalia Upper Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
Vidalia Upper Elementary School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 316, down from 346 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.5 to 12.3 over 4 years.
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Concordia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,174
Census ACS
Median income
$39,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,396 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Concordia Parish
- Vidalia Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Monterey High SchoolCombined · 369 students
- Vidalia High SchoolHigh · 364 students
- Vidalia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 336 students
- Ferriday Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Ferriday High SchoolHigh · 289 students
Other schools in Vidalia
- Vidalia Lower Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Vidalia High SchoolHigh · 364 students
- Vidalia Junior High SchoolMiddle · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Vidalia Lower Elementary School0.5 mi · 415
- Vidalia Junior High School0.7 mi · 336
- Vidalia High School1.9 mi · 364
- West Elementary School2.5 mi · 376
- McLaurin Elementary3.2 mi · 642
- Natchez Middle3.4 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Vidalia Upper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vidalia Upper Elementary School?
Vidalia Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Vidalia Upper Elementary School serve?
Vidalia Upper Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Vidalia Upper Elementary School have?
Vidalia Upper Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Vidalia Upper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vidalia Upper Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 8% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Vidalia Upper Elementary School in?
Vidalia Upper Elementary School is part of Concordia Parish.
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