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What's the most underrated thing about Ville Platte Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANGELINE PARISH·NCES 220063000483
Ville Platte Elementary School
708 High School Drive, Ville Platte, LA 70586 · (337) 363-3068 · Evangeline Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
9.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
303 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
25%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ville Platte Elementary School→Evangeline Reimagine Academy
Based on grade levels within Evangeline Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
24.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
12.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24.0% | 12.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 6.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Ville Platte Elementary School
Ville Platte Elementary School's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ville Platte Elementary School this school | 319 | 95.0% | 12.3% |
| Homer Elementary School Homer | 339 | 95.9% | 12.7% |
| Johnston Hopkins Elementary School New Iberia | 350 | 94.9% | 17.8% |
| Ferriday Lower Elementary School Ferriday | 313 | 94.2% | N/A |
| St. Charles Street Elementary School Jeanerette | 328 | 94.5% | 27.5% |
| O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy Kentwood | 314 | 95.5% | 14.8% |
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 Ville Platte Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Evangeline Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #553 of 583 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #537 of 582 ▼ 28 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #493 of 587 ▼ 7 | #7 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #113 of 540 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #514 of 714 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #37 of 655 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #519 of 655 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #53 of 705 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #91 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
319
-211 (-40%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 319 | 32.5 | 9.8:1 | 95% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 32.5 | 10.3:1 | 88% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 30.9 | 13.5:1 | 90% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 82% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 25.9 | 17.0:1 | 73% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 79% (389) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 96% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 93% (526) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 42 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ville Platte Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (440 to 319); teachers up 26% (25.9 to 32.5).
About Ville Platte Elementary School
Students in Ville Platte, Louisiana, attend Ville Platte Elementary School, a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 319 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 30% below the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Evangeline Parish runs Ville Platte Elementary School along with 12 other schools, enrolling 5,326 students in total.
Ville Platte Elementary School is 86% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% White and 3% multiracial. In Evangeline Parish overall, about 26% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
With 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.8:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 4.2 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 95% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 72% average for public schools in Evangeline Parish.
Ville Platte Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ville Platte Elementary School is -3.6 points: 12.3% actual, 15.9% predicted.
For Evangeline Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $41,915, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. There are 13 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,326, Ville Platte Elementary School among them.
Evangeline Reimagine Academy, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 28.7%; Ville Platte Elementary School's is 12.3%, ranking 6th of 7.
In the federal locale system, Ville Platte Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 211 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 17.7:1 to 9.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Vidrine Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Evangeline Reimagine AcademyMiddle · 175 students
Nearby schools
- Evangeline Reimagine Academy0.2 mi · 175
- Ville Platte High School0.2 mi · 419
- James Stephens Montessori School1.0 mi · 421
- Vidrine Elementary School7.1 mi · 359
- Grand Prairie Elementary School7.8 mi · 264
- Chataignier Elementary School8.1 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Ville Platte Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ville Platte Elementary School?
Ville Platte Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ville Platte Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ville Platte Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ville Platte Elementary School have?
Ville Platte Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Ville Platte Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ville Platte Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 1% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ville Platte Elementary School in?
Ville Platte Elementary School is part of Evangeline Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.