The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 46% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lake Elementary School
LakeElementary School is a regular public school in St. Amant, Louisiana, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It is part of the Ascension Parish school district, which is one of the faster-growing parishes in the state. The school sits in an unincorporated community about twenty-five miles southeast of Baton Rouge, near the larger town of Gonzales. St. Amant has no formal downtown; its schools, post office, and a handful of commercial strips are strung along state highways, and the area is car-dependent. The landscape mixes residential subdivisions with agricultural land. Home values in the zip code are above the statewide typical range, and the broader parish has seen suburban and industrial expansion in recent years.
The school enrolls a large number of students for a PK-8 campus, with a student body that is predominantly white. Smaller shares identify as Hispanic, two or more races, Black, Asian, or Native American. Just over two out of five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a moderate level that suggests the school serves a mix of working- and middle-class families. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not reported in the available file, a gap a parent may wish to ask the school about directly.
On Louisiana’s LEAP 2025 assessments, Lake Elementary’s strongest showing is in English language arts, where a majority of students tested scored at the proficient or advanced level. In social studies, roughly half of students reached that bar. Math and science trailed slightly, with under half of students scoring proficient. These results represent a single year of data; no prior-year comparison was available in the records reviewed. The school’s participation rate in testing was extremely high, so the scores reflect nearly the full enrolled population. A parent weighing this school will want to consider that the district’s cohort is too small to draw a county-level comparison, so it is not possible to say how Lake Elementary stacks up against other Ascension Parish schools from this dataset.
Because the school stops at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The building feeds into St. Amant High School, which is a separate campus about a mile away on a different highway. No information on advanced coursework, career pathways, or extracurricular programs was available in the data provided. Likewise, discipline records, staffing ratios, and chronic absenteeism rates were absent. These are common details that a family investigating the school would want to get from the school’s website or a direct inquiry.
The Ascension Parish district did not show any recent parent-relevant changes in a search of publicly reported information. The school itself operates as a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation. Its Title I status was not reported.
For a family looking for a neighborhood school in a rural-suburban setting with a solid if not standout academic picture, Lake Elementary offers a familiar option. The ELA results are a clear relative strength, while the math and science numbers suggest room for growth. The absence of so many contextual data points means that much of what defines day-to-day life here—teacher quality, program richness, school culture—is best learned by visiting the campus and talking with current families. The community is quiet, car-oriented, and closely tied to its schools as civic anchors. That pattern, plus the moderate housing market and the parish’s broader growth, makes this a school worth a closer look for those who value a straightforward, grade-band-spanning public school in a low-key setting.
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