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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027000139
Waller Elementary School
1130 Patricia Drive, Bossier City, LA 71112 · (318) 549-6850 · Bossier Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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.
- 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
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
330 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 58 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
22.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 11.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.0% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Waller Elementary School
Waller Elementary School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waller Elementary School this school | 424 | 77.8% | 12.7% |
| R. V. Kerr Elementary School Bossier City | 367 | 81.5% | 23.8% |
| Estelle School Marrero | 518 | 81.3% | 11.3% |
| Meadowview Elementary School Bossier City | 440 | 81.6% | 14.3% |
| Emily C. Watkins Elementary Laplace | 551 | 80.6% | 23.0% |
| Lucille Nesom Memorial Tickfaw | 414 | 83.1% | 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 Waller Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #549 of 583 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #543 of 582 ▼ 17 | #19 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #507 of 587 ▼ 37 | #18 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #225 of 540 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #363 of 714 | #16 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #183 of 655 | #3 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #101 of 655 | #6 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #311 of 705 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #262 of 436 | #11 of 14 |
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
424
-41 (-9%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 424 | 34.9 | 12.2:1 | 78% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 39.6 | 12.6:1 | 78% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 29.8 | 15.6:1 | 81% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 42% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 29.5 | 16.4:1 | 49% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 78% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 76% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 62% (467) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 40 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waller Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (485 to 424); teachers up 18% (29.5 to 34.9).
About Waller Elementary School
Waller Elementary School, located in Bossier City, Louisiana, is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 424 students in pre-K through 5.
Waller Elementary School reports to Bossier Parish, which has 34 schools and 22,233 students.
Of every 100 students at Waller Elementary School, about 51 are Black. It is also 27% Hispanic, 17% White, and 4% multiracial. Bossier Parish's residents are about 24% Black, 27 points below the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waller Elementary School is 12.2:1, based on 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is higher. Waller Elementary School counts 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Bossier Parish, the school's rate is higher.
Waller Elementary School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Waller Elementary School would score about 28.3%. It scores 12.7%, a bottom-10% result among Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Bossier Parish, home to about 129,789 people, the median household earns about $69,617 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Bossier Parish number 34, with about 22,233 students.
Waller Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is R. V. Kerr Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Waller Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Waller Elementary School is behind the 22.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Waller Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 465 to 424, a 9% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.2:1) than in 2020-21 (14.5:1).
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Bossier Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,789
Census ACS
Median income
$69,617
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bossier Parish
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Benton High SchoolHigh · 1,515 students
- Haughton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Haughton Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Other schools in Bossier City
- Airline High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Parkway High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Elm Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Apollo Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Cope Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- Bossier High SchoolHigh · 654 students
Other Waller Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Waller Elementary. Waller Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLYOUNGSTOWN, FL · 423 students
- Waller ElementaryBurlington, WI · 247 students
Nearby schools
- R. V. Kerr Elementary School0.7 mi · 367
- Rusheon Middle School0.9 mi · 583
- Central Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 431
- Magnolia School of Excellence1.2 mi · 1,430
- Caddo Parish Magnet High School1.5 mi · 869
- Bellaire Elementary School2.0 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Waller Elementary SchoolHow large is Waller Elementary School?
Waller Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
Is Waller Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waller Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Waller Elementary School have?
Waller Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Waller Elementary School?
Student demographics at Waller Elementary School are roughly 17% White, 27% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Waller Elementary School?
Waller Elementary School is overseen by Bossier Parish in Bossier Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.