The top reported proficiency rate is 18% in English language arts. The lowest is 6% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Ross Elementary School
Ross Elementary School is a regular public school in Crowley, Louisiana, serving grades one through five as part of the Acadia Parish school system. It sits on the west side of town near West Hutchinson Avenue, in a community that remains deeply tied to rice farming and milling. Crowley is the parish seat, a small civic and commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area, with a historic downtown and a Main Street program. The city has seen a long-term population decline from an earlier peak, though recent estimates suggest a small rebound. Housing values in the area are well below national and state benchmarks, and the local median household income is modest. A very large share of students at Ross qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic reality of the community.
The school is moderate in size for an elementary building, with enrollment distributed across each grade. Nearly two-thirds of students identify as Black, one-quarter as white, and smaller shares as Hispanic or of two or more races. The student body is racially and economically concentrated, a characteristic that families should consider in light of their own priorities around peer environment and diversity. Data on special education identification and English learner status were not reported, so a parent who needs that information would want to ask the school directly.
State assessment results from the most recent year are available, and they present a clear picture of academic performance that families should weigh carefully. In math, a very small share of students scored at the proficient level or above. In English language arts, the share was larger but still low, under one in five. Science and social studies proficiency rates were also low. Participation rates were high, so the results reflect nearly the entire tested population. This is a single year of data, and the state flagged a cut-score change in social studies that makes comparison with prior years unreliable, but the overall pattern across subjects is consistent. A parent should consider what academic support structures the school offers and what the district's plan is for improvement, as the proficiency levels here are well below what many families in other settings would expect.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to consider. It is not a charter or magnet school. The district brief turned up no recent major changes of note, and no information about discipline rates, staffing ratios, course access, or chronic absenteeism was available in the data. For the grade levels it covers, Ross Elementary is a neighborhood school in a small city with a challenged local economy, and its academic results are low across all tested subjects. Families moving to the area, or already in Crowley, will want to investigate what instructional supports, tutoring, and targeted programming the school provides, and how the district is addressing these achievement levels.
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