Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANGELINE PARISH·NCES 220063000481
Vidrine Elementary School
5094 Vidrine Road, Ville Platte, LA 70586 · (337) 363-4280 · Evangeline Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- 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
12.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
240 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% larger than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Vidrine Elementary School
Vidrine Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vidrine Elementary School this school | 359 | 66.9% | 29.3% |
| Lukeville Elementary School Brusly | 356 | 64.6% | 42.5% |
| Swartz Lower Elementary School Monroe | 325 | 65.2% | N/A |
| Valverda Elementary School Maringouin | 436 | 66.1% | 31.3% |
| Swartz Upper Elementary School Monroe | 350 | 66.3% | 30.8% |
| Crescent Elementary/Junior High School Plaquemine | 379 | 70.2% | 34.5% |
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 Vidrine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Evangeline Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #329 of 583 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #267 of 582 ▲ 46 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #377 of 587 ▼ 58 | #6 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #194 of 540 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #461 of 714 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #255 of 655 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #247 of 655 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #454 of 705 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #425 of 436 | N/A |
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
359
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 67% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 62% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 22.3 | 17.9:1 | 62% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 20 | 17.8:1 | 51% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 44% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 75% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 59% (363) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vidrine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (362 to 359); teachers up 27% (22 to 28).
About Vidrine Elementary School
Vidrine Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Ville Platte, Louisiana. It reported 359 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
Evangeline Parish is responsible for 13 schools, Vidrine Elementary School included, with 5,326 students in all.
More than half of the students at Vidrine Elementary School are White (54%). The next largest groups are 38% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. In Evangeline Parish overall, about 65% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, Vidrine Elementary School has a ratio of 12.8:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Vidrine Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Vidrine Elementary School is 6.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Evangeline Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $41,915 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Vidrine Elementary School shares Evangeline Parish with 12 other public schools.
Vidrine Elementary School's nearest public school is Mamou Elementary School (about 3.9 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Vidrine Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (355) to 2024-25 (359). Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.8:1 to 12.8:1.
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Evangeline Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,060
Census ACS
Median income
$41,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evangeline Parish
- Pine Prairie High SchoolCombined · 757 students
- Bayou Chicot Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Mamou High SchoolHigh · 443 students
- Basile High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Ville Platte High SchoolHigh · 419 students
Other schools in Ville Platte
- Bayou Chicot Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Ville Platte High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Ville Platte Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Evangeline Reimagine AcademyMiddle · 175 students
Nearby schools
- Mamou Elementary School3.9 mi · 392
- Mamou High School4.0 mi · 443
- Mamou Junior High4.0 mi · 290
- James Stephens Montessori School6.1 mi · 421
- Pine Prairie High School6.6 mi · 757
- Ville Platte Elementary School7.1 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Vidrine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vidrine Elementary School?
Vidrine Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Vidrine Elementary School serve?
Vidrine Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Vidrine Elementary School have?
Vidrine Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vidrine Elementary School?
At Vidrine Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 3% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Vidrine Elementary School public or private?
Vidrine Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Evangeline Parish.
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