Elementary · Louisiana
Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary School
Free meals for allHayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary School, a public elementary school in Deville, Louisiana: grades 3–5, 382 students, 16.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rapides Parish.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 382
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.5
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- Grades
- 3–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in Louisiana
Median 13.3 · 699 schools compared
More students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of elementary schools in Louisiana
Median 429 · 700 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Louisiana: 43%59%proficient
+6.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in Louisiana
Median 39% · 639 elementary schools compared
381 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Louisiana: 33%46%proficient
+6.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 74% of elementary schools in Louisiana
Median 31% · 639 elementary schools compared
381 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 3–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Rapides Parish
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Rapides Parish.
Location
- Address
- 646 Highway 1207, Deville, LA 71328
- Phone
- (318)466-5858
- County
- Rapides Parish
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buckeye Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 419 | 13.7 | — | — |
Ruby-Wise Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 410 | 14.7 | 71% | 59% |
Lafargue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 581 | 19.3 | 49% | 37% |
J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 924 | 15.0 | 55% | 41% |
Paradise Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 369 | 11.8 | 60% | 51% |
Ball Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 387 | 13.7 | 53% | 45% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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