Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School, Shreveport LA

Original Research by School Decision on Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School

Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School, a regular public school in Shreveport serving kindergarten through fifth grade, posts academic results that put it in a strong position among Louisiana elementary schools. On the state’s LEAP 2025 assessments, a very large majority of students scored at the proficient level or above in math and English language arts. Science and social studies proficiency, while still solid, came in lower than those two core subjects, a pattern common in many elementary schools. The school’s test participation rate was full, so the results represent nearly every enrolled student in the tested grades. Only a single year of testing data was available for review, which means there is no trend line yet to show whether performance is rising, holding, or slipping.

The student body is diverse. About three out of five students are white, roughly one out of five are Black, and the remainder includes Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, well below the rate seen in many schools in Caddo Parish and across Louisiana. This economic profile is consistent with the school’s setting in a residential neighborhood of Shreveport where housing values and rents are moderate compared to national averages.

The school carries the “fundamental” designation, a label that in Louisiana typically signals a traditional, structured academic environment with a focus on core skills and parent involvement. There is no information available about special education or English learner populations, so a parent with a child who receives those services may want to ask the school directly about caseloads and support.

A comparison to other schools in the district was not possible because Caddo Parish contains too few elementary schools with comparable data to make a meaningful ranking. The school operates under Caddo Parish Public Schools, the parish-wide district that covers Shreveport and the surrounding area. No recent district-level changes, referenda, or policy shifts were located, so there is nothing reported about new programs or boundary adjustments that would affect this school.

Shreveport itself is a mid-sized city that has been losing population over the past decade, a trend tied to the decline of its historic oil-and-manufacturing economy and the closure of a major General Motors plant. The local economy has been diversifying into healthcare, logistics, gaming, and technology, and the city is part of the I-20 Cyber Corridor connecting it to Dallas and Atlanta. Housing is affordable by national standards, and the school sits in a part of town that is largely car-dependent, with limited walkable infrastructure outside the downtown core.

For a family looking at Eden Gardens, the central takeaway is academic. The school’s proficiency rates in math and English are at a level that many parents would consider very strong. The lower science and social studies scores are worth a conversation with the school about curriculum and instructional time in those subjects. The school’s relatively low rate of economic disadvantage and its traditional fundamental model may appeal to families who want a structured, academically focused environment with a peer group that is, on average, not experiencing high levels of poverty. The absence of data on special populations and the lack of multi-year trend data are gaps that a prospective parent should fill by visiting or calling the school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grades 3-892%

School 92% · District 27% · ▲ 65 pts above district

▲ 64 pts above state median · ▲ 77 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-889%

School 89% · District 35% · ▲ 54 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 68 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-868%

School 68% · District 21% · ▲ 47 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 58 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-869%

School 69% · District 23% · ▲ 46 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 58 pts above county median

This schoolCaddo 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-income86%Higher-income80%6 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income93%Higher-income94%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income78%Higher-income97%19 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income87%Higher-income90%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income86%Higher-income93%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income93%Higher-income93%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income64%Higher-income95%31 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income81%Higher-income94%13 pp gap