The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 19% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Luling Elementary School
Luling Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade and is a regular public school within the St. Charles Parish school system. It is a mid-sized elementary school for its grade band, serving the suburban community of Luling, a census-designated place on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Luling blends suburban residential neighborhoods with a significant industrial corridor along the river, anchored by the Bayer chemical plant, which is a major local employer. There is no traditional downtown; schools in Luling are spread across separate campuses, and civic life is dispersed. Housing in the area reflects a suburban middle-class market, with home values around the national midpoint and rents that are a modest share of household income, although the national economic context of elevated mortgage rates applies to any buyer.
The student body is diverse, with Black students making up the largest share of enrollment, followed by white, Hispanic, and smaller numbers of students who identify as Asian, two or more races, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or American Indian or Alaska Native. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Data on students receiving special education services and English learner status was not available, which is a gap a family may want to clarify with the school.
State assessment results from the LEAP 2025 tests are available for grades three through five across four subjects. Proficiency rates in English language arts and math are below the state midpoint. Science and social studies proficiency rates are lower still. The school participated in these assessments at a very high rate, so the results represent nearly the entire tested population. Because only a single year of data was provided, there is no way to see whether these scores represent a trend or a single snapshot. The four-year graduation rate is not applicable here because the school does not serve high school grades.
The comparison tool was unable to place Luling Elementary relative to other district schools in St. Charles Parish because only one entity was available for the comparison set; no positional assessment relative to nearby schools can be made from this data. No information was provided on specific course offerings, gifted or enrichment programs, staffing ratios, discipline rates, or chronic absenteeism. A parent looking to understand the depth of academic supports or the school climate beyond test scores will need to speak with the school directly.
The St. Charles Parish district brief turned up no recent changes of note publicly reported, so there is no district-level news to report here. The school operates as a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation; its Title I status was not provided. Luling Elementary is one of several elementary options within the CDP, along with Lakewood Elementary and Mimosa Park Elementary, feeding into R.K. Smith Middle School and, later, Hahnville High School in nearby Boutte. For a family considering this school, the available data points to a school where a majority of students come from households with lower income, where academic proficiency across tested subjects is an area the school is working on, and where a direct conversation with the school about programs, supports, and school culture would fill in the many gaps the data does not cover.
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