Pierre Part Elementary School, Pierre Part LA

Original Research by School Decision on Pierre Part Elementary School

Pierre Part Elementary School is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the small, rural census-designated place of Pierre Part, Louisiana. The school is part of the Assumption Parish public school system. The community is deeply rooted in Acadian French heritage and was historically isolated by surrounding water, accessible by land only since the mid-20th century. The town’s traditional economy of fishing and alligator hunting later gave way to logging, levee building, and the petroleum industry. Today Pierre Part remains a low-density settlement strung along Louisiana Highway 70, with no traditional downtown core and limited walkability. The population has been declining gradually in recent decades, and no major new development projects were identified in available sources.

The student body is small for the grade band it serves. Racially, it is predominantly white, with small numbers of students identifying as Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian, or multiracial. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that places the school in a moderate range for economic need. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available; a parent may want to ask the school about those populations directly.

On Louisiana’s LEAP 2025 state assessments, student performance falls in a middle range. In math, just over half of test-takers scored at the proficient or advanced level. In English language arts, the share was similar. Social studies proficiency was slightly lower, and science proficiency was the softest area, with less than half of students demonstrating mastery. Participation on test day was full. Because only a single year of data is available, there is no way to see whether these results represent a trend or a snapshot. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to consider.

The school’s academic context is hard to place against neighbors. Assumption Parish contains only one school district, so there is no meaningful comparison set within the county. The proficiency index and other comparative metrics were not applicable for that reason.

Pierre Part Elementary is the kind of school where a family will find a small, rural setting with a strong local cultural identity, a student body that is largely homogeneous, and academic results that sit around the middle of the statewide picture, with science being a weaker subject. Some data that would help a parent understand student support—special education and English learner statistics, discipline and attendance records, staffing ratios—was missing from the available records. The district itself reported no recent major changes such as bond issues, curriculum overhauls, or facility upgrades. For a parent considering this school, the straightforward next step would be to visit and speak with staff about the instructional approach and the programs available for all learners, particularly in science.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-856%

School 56% · District 32% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median

English language arts

Grades 3-854%

School 54% · District 35% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Science

Grades 3-840%

School 40% · District 23% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median

Social studies

Grades 3-848%

School 48% · District 27% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median

This schoolAssumption Parish, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income87%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income50%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income48%Higher-income60%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income60%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income47%Higher-income63%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income88%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income51%Higher-income77%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income50%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income72%38 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income26%Higher-income70%44 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income57%22 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income43%Higher-income71%28 pp gap