North Elementary School, Fort Johnson LA

Original Research by School Decision on North Elementary School

North Elementary School, located on Fort Johnson, a United States Army installation in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, serves students from pre-kindergarten through kindergarten. Because the school’s grade band ends at kindergarten, there are no graduation rates, high school course offerings, or advanced academic pathways to report. The available academic data comes from state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year for grades three through eight, meaning the tested population does not reflect the school's own youngest students but rather the broader school community that includes older grade levels. The school is a regular public school within the Vernon Parish School District.

The student body is diverse, with White students making up the largest single group, followed by Black and Hispanic students, and smaller shares of students who are Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or of two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not reported.

On the state’s LEAP assessments for the 2024-25 school year, results across subjects and grades show a mixed picture. In English language arts, proficiency rates were near the midpoint or slightly above it across grades three through eight, with a consistent pattern that stayed in that range. In mathematics, proficiency rates were notably lower across all tested grades, with rates in the lower third of possible outcomes. Science and social studies results were similarly modest, with science proficiency generally falling below the ELA rates and social studies broadly comparable to math. A single year of data is available, so no trend can be assessed.

The school is located on the Fort Johnson installation, which is the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center and home to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. The base has a population that includes active-duty troops, their families, and civilian support staff; the surrounding community is dominated by military training operations, housing, and support services. The installation was redesignated from Fort Polk in 2023, reflecting a broader Army renaming process. Medical facilities have been consolidated, and Louisiana officials have sought to maintain troop levels at the post. The built environment is vehicle-dependent, with gated access points and a layout organized around military functions rather than a traditional town center. The nearest civilian commercial hub is Leesville, about a short drive to the west. School and support facilities are distributed across the installation’s large footprint.

Because the comparison cohort within Vernon Parish consists of a single district, no meaningful relative performance analysis against neighboring districts is available. The district brief confirms that Vernon Parish schools serve a broad rural and military-affiliated population, but no specific district-level initiatives or strategic priorities for North Elementary were found in the provided material. Families considering this school should be aware that the academic results, particularly in math, science, and social studies, suggest room for improvement, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. For a pre-kindergarten through kindergarten program, the primary academic focus will naturally be on early literacy and numeracy foundations rather than the tested subjects that appear in the available data. The school’s setting on a military installation means the student population is closely tied to Army assignments and rotations, which shapes the stability and composition of the classroom environment from year to year.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 437%

School 37% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 530%

School 30% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 631%

School 31% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 727%

School 27% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 831%

School 31% · district not reported

▲ 16 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 449%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 549%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 649%

School 49% · district not reported

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 751%

School 51% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 853%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 26 pts above state median

Science

Grade 319%

School 19% · district not reported

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 433%

School 33% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 626%

School 26% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 728%

School 28% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 833%

School 33% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 325%

School 25% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 430%

School 30% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 626%

School 26% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 732%

School 32% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 837%

School 37% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median

This schoolVernon 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.