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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at W.T. Lewis Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOSSIER PARISH·NCES 220027002074
W.T. Lewis Elementary School
4701 Modica Lott Road, Bossier City, LA 71111 · (318) 759-2100 · Bossier Parish
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-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.
- AThree-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
17.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
241 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
65%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
64.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 W.T. Lewis Elementary School
W.T. Lewis Elementary School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W.T. Lewis Elementary School this school | 558 | 43.2% | 46.3% |
| Prien Lake Elementary School Lake Charles | 639 | 41.2% | 73.2% |
| Spanish Lake Primary School Geismar | 480 | 46.3% | 65.5% |
| Ernest Gallet Elementary School Youngsville | 643 | 37.8% | 61.0% |
| Bluff Ridge Primary Prairieville | 677 | 39.1% | 66.2% |
| Green T. Lindon Elementary School Youngsville | 719 | 47.7% | 64.7% |
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 W.T. Lewis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Bossier Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #137 of 583 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #90 of 582 ▲ 14 | #5 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #62 of 587 ▲ 56 | #4 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #95 of 540 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #193 of 714 | #6 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #604 of 655 | #19 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #78 of 655 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #652 of 705 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #82 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
558
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 558 | 32.8 | 17.0:1 | 43% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 36.2 | 16.4:1 | 45% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 30.4 | 21.0:1 | 42% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 27% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 29% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 21% (110) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W.T. Lewis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (484 to 558); teachers up 13% (29 to 32.8).
About W.T. Lewis Elementary School
Federal records list W.T. Lewis Elementary School as an elementary school in Bossier City, Louisiana. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 558 students. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 23% larger than that.
W.T. Lewis Elementary School is run by Bossier Parish, whose 34 schools enroll 22,233 students.
W.T. Lewis Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 48%. It is also 31% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Bossier Parish's residents are about 63% White, 15 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at W.T. Lewis Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.0:1, with 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at W.T. Lewis Elementary School is 43%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bossier Parish is 53%.
The allk12 Grade for W.T. Lewis Elementary School is B. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at W.T. Lewis Elementary School are 7.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.3% actual, 53.3% predicted).
Federal survey data for Bossier Parish show that median household income is about $69,617, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. W.T. Lewis Elementary School is among the 34 public schools in Bossier Parish.
The closest public school to W.T. Lewis Elementary School is Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter & Detention Center, about 1.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 34.0%, lower than W.T. Lewis Elementary School's 46.3%.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
W.T. Lewis Elementary School had 589 students in 2020-21 and 558 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.4:1 to 17.0:1 over the same years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter & Detention Center1.4 mi · 9
- Meadowview Elementary School1.4 mi · 440
- Cope Middle School1.5 mi · 752
- Stockwell Place Elementary School1.9 mi · 496
- Airline High School2.1 mi · 1,855
- Greenacres Middle School2.3 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About W.T. Lewis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend W.T. Lewis Elementary School?
W.T. Lewis Elementary School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does W.T. Lewis Elementary School serve?
W.T. Lewis Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at W.T. Lewis Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at W.T. Lewis Elementary School.
How diverse is W.T. Lewis Elementary School?
W.T. Lewis Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 10% Hispanic, 31% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is W.T. Lewis Elementary School in?
W.T. Lewis Elementary School is part of Bossier Parish.
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