Bellingrath Hills Elementary School, Greenwell Springs LA

Original Research by School Decision on Bellingrath Hills Elementary School

Bellingrath Hills Elementary School serves pre-kindergarten and kindergarten only, which makes it an entry point for families in the Greenwell Springs area of the Central Community School District. Because the school does not serve grades in which state testing is administered, there are no state assessment results to consider. That absence is not a weak spot, it is simply a function of the grade band. A family looking to understand academic performance at this school will need to look at other measures, such as classroom-level learning data or feeder school outcomes, since the usual benchmark does not apply.

The student population is diverse in background. White students make up the largest share, followed by Black students and Hispanic students, with a smaller group of students who identify as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic mix in the building. The school enrolls several hundred students, split between pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, with more children in kindergarten than in pre-kindergarten. This kind of enrollment distribution is typical for a school that serves only the earliest grades.

Bellingrath Hills is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It sits within Greenwell Springs, an area that was historically an unincorporated resort community and became part of the newly incorporated city of Central in recent years. The community retains a suburban-to-rural feel. Civic anchors include a post office, a fire station, a private Catholic school, and a church. The historic springs site is being developed into an Historic Park, which may eventually serve as a civic focal point. Housing values in the area sit above the national benchmark and meaningfully above the state benchmark. This positions Greenwell Springs as a relatively higher-cost pocket within the Baton Rouge metro area, which matters for families weighing affordability.

The district itself is the Central Community School District, which was established when it acquired schools from East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. The district brief turned up little in the way of recent changes or strategic priorities that would be directly relevant to a parent, so that information is not available to characterize. A parent may want to check directly with the district for any upcoming boundary or program updates.

Because this is a pre-kindergarten and kindergarten campus, there is no graduation rate, no data on chronic absenteeism, and no course access information. Those gaps are all explained by the grade range. The school environment data does not include discipline figures or staffing ratios, so those dimensions are not available for review. A parent considering this school should visit, talk to the principal, and ask about class sizes, early literacy approaches, and how the school prepares children for the elementary grades that follow. The central question for this school is fit for a young child, not test scores, and the most useful information will come from direct experience with the school's staff and community.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 355%

School 55% · district not reported

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 453%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 557%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 38 pts above state median

Grade 650%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · district not reported

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 836%

School 36% · district not reported

▲ 21 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 353%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 453%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 554%

School 54% · district not reported

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 650%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 24 pts above state median

Grade 761%

School 61% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 846%

School 46% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median

Science

Grade 333%

School 33% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 562%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 39 pts above state median

Grade 629%

School 29% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · district not reported

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 842%

School 42% · district not reported

▲ 27 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 345%

School 45% · district not reported

▲ 31 pts above state median

Grade 446%

School 46% · district not reported

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 563%

School 63% · district not reported

▲ 40 pts above state median

Grade 636%

School 36% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 752%

School 52% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median

Grade 848%

School 48% · district not reported

▲ 33 pts above state median

This schoolCentral Community School District, 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.