Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON PARISH·NCES 220186001431
Wesley Ray Elementary School
30523 Wesley Ray Road, Angie, LA 70426 · (985) 986-3131 · Washington Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- B+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
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
217 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 30 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
29.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 29 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Wesley Ray Elementary School
Wesley Ray Elementary School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Ray Elementary School this school | 255 | 85.1% | 24.2% |
| E. S. Richardson Elementary School Minden | 275 | 84.0% | 24.8% |
| Haynesville Elementary School Haynesville | 304 | 83.9% | 24.0% |
| Labadieville Primary School Labadieville | 256 | 84.0% | 17.8% |
| North Iberville Elementary Rosedale | 272 | 85.7% | 27.0% |
| J. L. Jones Elementary School Minden | 318 | 83.3% | 20.2% |
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 Wesley Ray Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Washington Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #390 of 583 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #276 of 582 ▲ 91 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #436 of 587 ▼ 80 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #139 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #596 of 714 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #196 of 655 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #295 of 655 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #199 of 705 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #296 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
255
-26 (-9%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 255 | 20.9 | 12.2:1 | 85% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 15.5 | 17.2:1 | 58% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 16.1 | 17.2:1 | 67% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 14 | 20.1:1 | 75% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 18.3 | 15.6:1 | 74% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 99% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 97% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 260 | 20 | 13.0:1 | 91% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 25 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wesley Ray Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (284 to 255); teachers up 14% (18.3 to 20.9).
About Wesley Ray Elementary School
Wesley Ray Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in Angie, Louisiana. There are 255 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 44% below that mark.
District-wide, Washington Parish has 10 schools and 4,523 students.
Black students are 59% of those enrolled at Wesley Ray Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 35% White and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Washington Parish's population at about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Teacher count: 20.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is higher. Roughly 85% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Washington Parish is 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wesley Ray Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 44% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Wesley Ray Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.2%; the prediction is 23.0%.
Washington Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $45,380 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Wesley Ray Elementary School shares Washington Parish with 13 other public schools.
Wesley Ray Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Varnado High School, about 5.5 miles away. Wesley Ray Elementary School's average proficiency of 24.2% compares with 25.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Wesley Ray Elementary School as Rural: Remote.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 255, down from 281 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 20.1 in 2020-21.
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Washington Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,120
Census ACS
Median income
$45,380
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Parish
- Pine SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Franklinton High SchoolHigh · 649 students
- Franklinton Primary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Franklinton Elementary SchoolMiddle · 389 students
- Mt. Hermon SchoolCombined · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Varnado High School5.5 mi · 256
- Pine School10.9 mi · 738
- Thomas Elementary School11.3 mi · 721
- Dexter Elementary School11.5 mi · 74
- Northshore Charter School11.6 mi · 428
- Bogalusa High School13.3 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About Wesley Ray Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wesley Ray Elementary School?
Wesley Ray Elementary School enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wesley Ray Elementary School serve?
Wesley Ray Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wesley Ray Elementary School have?
Wesley Ray Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wesley Ray Elementary School?
At Wesley Ray Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 0% Hispanic, 59% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Wesley Ray Elementary School public or private?
Wesley Ray Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington Parish.
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