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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TERREBONNE PARISH·NCES 220174001503
Village East Elementary School
315 Lafayette Woods, Houma, LA 70363 · (985) 303-4839 · Terrebonne Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
355 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 44 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (78).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
39.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Village East Elementary School
Village East Elementary School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village East Elementary School this school | 400 | 88.8% | 34.2% |
| Central Park Elementary School Bossier City | 431 | 84.2% | 16.5% |
| Meadowview Elementary School Bossier City | 440 | 81.6% | 14.3% |
| Southside Elementary School Denham Springs | 534 | 89.0% | 34.2% |
| Grand Caillou Elementary School Houma | 360 | 90.3% | 49.0% |
| Legion Park Elementary School Houma | 300 | 90.0% | 33.7% |
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 Village East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Terrebonne Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #281 of 583 | #15 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #236 of 582 ▼ 103 | #13 of 18 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #371 of 587 ▼ 35 | #18 of 18 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #233 of 540 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #401 of 714 | #9 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #391 of 655 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #37 of 655 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #148 of 705 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +79.4% | #9 of 197 | 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
400
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 89% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 23.5 | 16.0:1 | 69% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 68% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 66% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 14 | 15.9:1 | 57% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 229 | 25 | 9.2:1 | 93% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 90% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 84% (378) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 34 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Village East Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 79% (223 to 400); teachers up 107% (14 to 29).
About Village East Elementary School
Village East Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Houma, Louisiana. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 400 students.
Terrebonne Parish (30 schools, 15,168 students) runs Village East Elementary School.
At Village East Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 43%. The next largest groups are 31% Black, 17% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 35 points above the 7% share among Terrebonne Parish residents. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Village East Elementary School is 29 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school counts 355 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 89%. Across public schools in Terrebonne Parish, the average is 73%.
allk12 grades Village East Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.4% for Village East Elementary School. The school posts 34.2%, 13.8 points above the prediction.
In Terrebonne Parish (population about 106,186), the median household income is $64,836, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Village East Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in the county.
Lacache Middle School is the closest public school, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Village East Elementary School. Village East Elementary School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment rise, from 369 in 2020-21 to 400 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Terrebonne Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,186
Census ACS
Median income
$64,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
15,201 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Terrebonne Parish
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- H. L. Bourgeois High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- South Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
Other schools in Houma
- Terrebonne High SchoolHigh · 1,346 students
- Ellender Memorial High SchoolHigh · 819 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Houma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Acadian Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolElementary · 627 students
Nearby schools
- Lacache Middle School1.8 mi · 225
- South Terrebonne High School1.8 mi · 868
- Ellender Memorial High School2.0 mi · 819
- Oaklawn Middle School2.2 mi · 596
- Grand Caillou Elementary School2.7 mi · 360
- Grand Caillou Middle School2.8 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Village East Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Village East Elementary School?
Village East Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Village East Elementary School serve?
Village East Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Village East Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Village East Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Village East Elementary School?
At Village East Elementary School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 43% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Village East Elementary School?
Village East Elementary School is overseen by Terrebonne Parish in Terrebonne Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.