The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in English language arts. The lowest is 36% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Curtis Elementary School
Curtis Elementary School serves fourth and fifth graders in Bossier City, a mid-sized city on the eastern bank of the Red River, tightly linked economically and socially to neighboring Shreveport. The city’s character is shaped by a mix of residential neighborhoods, a riverfront casino and tourism economy, and Barksdale Air Force Base, a major employer. Bossier City has grown steadily since the postwar period, with casino revenue funding public projects such as the Louisiana Boardwalk and the CenturyLink Center. The school site sits on Barksdale Boulevard, a main artery through the city’s commercial and residential fabric.
Enrollment at Curtis Elementary is large for a school serving just two grade levels. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Black population and smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need that families will want to weigh when thinking about the school’s resources and peer context. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the data provided, so a parent should ask the school directly about those supports.
The school participates in Louisiana’s LEAP 2025 assessments. In the most recent testing year, the share of students scoring proficient or above in English language arts was below half. In math, the share of students reaching that bar was lower still. Science and social studies results were in a similar range, with about a third to just under half of students meeting the proficiency standard. For the grade band tested, these are soft spots, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what academic supports and interventions are in place. The data covers only a single school year, so no trend line is available to see whether performance is improving or declining.
The comparison to other schools could not be run, because all of Bossier Parish’s schools fall under a single district, leaving no other district in the county against which to position Curtis Elementary. Readers will not find a here’s-how-it-stacks-up section for that reason.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter or a magnet. No information was available on program offerings such as gifted education, arts, or specialized tracks; that is a gap a parent would need to fill by contacting the school. The school is an upper-elementary-only building, meaning students arrive from a lower elementary and will move on to a middle school after fifth grade, so families will want to learn about those feeder patterns and how the transition is managed.
Housing in the zip code around the school is modestly priced relative to the national median, and rents are a little below what the typical household in the area can afford, which aligns with the city’s overall affordability. The local housing market has seen a small year-over-year dip in home values, while rents have risen slightly. The national unemployment rate has been steady, and real median household income has been on a gradual upward trajectory in recent years.
No recent, lasting changes from the Bossier Parish district that directly affect families at this school were found in the research. That does not mean nothing is happening, only that the available sources did not surface items like boundary changes, new programs, or leadership shifts. A parent should check the district’s own communications for current updates.
Curtis Elementary is a school where most students come from lower-income households, and where proficiency rates across subjects sit below half in the most recent testing year. For a family weighing this school, the central questions are how the school addresses those academic challenges and what supports it offers to bring more students to grade-level mastery.
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