The top reported proficiency rate is 40% in English language arts. The lowest is 24% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Gramercy Elementary School
Gramercy Elementary School serves grades four through six in the St. James Parish public school system, a setting that places it as an upper-elementary and early-middle-grade school in a small Louisiana river town. For a parent looking at this school, the academic picture is one with clear soft spots and a couple of hopeful recent signs.
The school enrolled just under 450 students in the most recent year, and the student body is roughly evenly split between Black students and white students, with very small numbers of other backgrounds. About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that puts economic need at the center of the school’s context but does not define it entirely.
State testing results from the LEAP 2025 assessments show that in English language arts, about two in five students scored at the proficient or above level. In math, the proficient share was closer to one in three. Science and social studies lagged further, with about three in ten students proficient in science and roughly one in four in social studies. Across all four subjects, most students scored below the proficient threshold, a pattern that means a family enrolling here should expect the school to be working on foundational skill-building. There is a limited two-year trend available, and it shows movement up in math and science proficiency from the prior year, while social studies dipped slightly and ELA held steady. The data is too thin to call a trend, but the improvement in math and science is worth noting.
Because the school ends at grade six, there is no graduation rate to report. That is a function of the grade band, not an omission. For the same reason, this school does not offer the kind of course pathways—AP, dual credit, career and technical programs—that matter for high school planning. A parent will want to look at the district’s middle and high school options for that picture.
The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. No data was provided on the school’s staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or special education and English learner populations. Those are significant gaps for a family trying to assess the day-to-day experience. A parent should ask the school directly for its teacher-student ratios, how it supports students with disabilities and multilingual learners, and what the attendance and behavior patterns look like.
On housing and community context, Gramercy sits in St. James Parish, a county whose typical home value in the most recent year was a bit below the statewide figure and well below the national figure. That means housing is relatively affordable here, and the local mortgage picture, combined with national median income data from the prior year, suggests a typical home purchase would take a modest share of a typical household’s income. The county’s unemployment rate was in line with the national rate at the time of the data. A parent moving to the area from a higher-cost region may find the housing market accessible. The school itself is located at a street address in the center of Gramercy, a town that sits along the Mississippi River, a landscape of industrial plants, sugarcane fields, and historic river settlements.
The district brief turned up little in the way of recent strategic changes or notable announcements from St. James Parish schools, so the reader should not assume any major reforms or disruptions are in play. The school’s profile is stable and routine for this community.
Who does this school fit? For a family that values a small-to-mid-sized elementary setting in a parish where housing is within reach of a typical budget, Gramercy Elementary offers a straightforward public school option. The academic results are mixed, and proficiency rates are below where many families would want them, particularly in science and social studies. A parent considering this school should talk with the principal about what interventions and instructional strategies are in place and should expect to supplement learning at home if their priority is strong academic preparation for middle school.
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