The top reported proficiency rate is 24% in English language arts. The lowest is 15% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Lowery Elementary School
Lowery Elementary School serves students in third through fifth grade in Donaldsonville, part of the Ascension Parish school system. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. The school enrolls students from the surrounding community, and the student body is made up almost entirely of children who identify as Black, with small shares of Hispanic, white, and multiracial students. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the area.
The school’s academic performance on Louisiana’s state assessments is below where many families would want it to be. On the LEAP 2025 tests, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above was below the state average in every subject. In both math and English language arts, roughly a fifth to a quarter of students met that bar. In science and social studies, the rate was lower still. A parent looking at these results will want to understand what academic supports the school is providing and what the school’s trajectory looks like. The available data covers only a single year, so there is no trend to examine yet. The school has a single year of assessment results in the system, so it is not yet possible to see whether performance is improving or declining.
Because Lowery Elementary serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. That is not a gap in the data but simply a function of the grade band. The school does not serve high school students, so that metric does not apply.
The school is located in Donaldsonville, a small city on the Mississippi River in Ascension Parish. Housing values in the area are lower than both the state and national medians, and the local market has seen a modest decline in home values over the past year. This is a place where homeownership is more attainable relative to broader averages. The community context is one where many families are renters or homeowners with moderate incomes, and the school’s free and reduced-price lunch rate aligns with that picture.
The Ascension Parish school district showed no major, publicly reported changes in recent years that would be visible to a parent researching schools. That does not mean nothing is happening, only that no sourceable, lasting developments emerged from the search. A parent may wish to contact the district directly to ask about any new initiatives or shifts in elementary programming.
Lowery Elementary is a school that serves a population with high economic need, and its state test results indicate that most students are not yet reaching grade-level proficiency in core subjects. For a parent considering this school, the central questions are what interventions are in place, whether those interventions are producing any momentum, and how the school communicates its academic progress to families. The school’s size is moderate for an elementary school serving three grades, and its students move on to a middle school in the district after fifth grade. Without data on special education or English learner services, a parent whose child qualifies for those supports should ask the school directly about how those programs are staffed and resourced.
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