Start Elementary School

Summary:

Start Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Start, Louisiana, with an enrollment of 318 students. The school is part of the Richland Parish School District, which is ranked 83 out of 122 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Start Elementary School has a higher percentage of white students (72.01%) compared to the surrounding schools, which tend to have a higher percentage of African American students. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by LEAP test scores, is generally lower than the state average and the performance of nearby schools in the Ouachita Parish School District. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics (47%) and English Language Arts (61%) were below the state averages of 59% and 69%, respectively. Additionally, Start Elementary School has a relatively high percentage of students (55.66% in 2022-2023) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families.

The school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past several years, from a high of 293 out of 792 Louisiana elementary schools in 2014-2015 to a low of 434 out of 675 in 2023-2024. This suggests that the school's academic performance has been declining relative to other schools in the state. When compared to nearby schools, such as Mangham Elementary School, Start Elementary School generally underperforms in both Mathematics and English Language Arts proficiency rates. The school's high percentage of students from low-income families and the relatively high student-teacher ratio of 17.6 in 2022-2023 may be contributing factors to the school's lower academic performance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 883 Charleston Street
       Start, LA  71279


(318) 728-2074

District: Richland Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
434th of 675 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,820 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  318

Racial breakdown:

White:
72.0%
African American:
24.5%
Hispanic:
1.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55.7% Help


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Compare Details Start Elementary School ranks worse than 64.3% of elementary schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 3rd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Richland Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.35. (See more...)
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Compare Details Start Elementary School ranks worse than 69.3% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.07. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (72%), African American (24.5%), Hispanic (1.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 55.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Richland Parish School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Start Elementary School is 17.6. 2 elementary schools in the Richland Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Start Elementary School is $12,820. 3 elementary schools in the Richland Parish School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Start Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Start Elementary School 434th of 675 Louisiana public elementary schools. (See Start Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks Start Elementary School 311th of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Start Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Richland Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Richland Parish 83rd of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Start Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 75.86 166th 725 77.1%
2008 70.97 215th 743 71.1%
2009 66.66 264th 738 64.2%
2010 70.36 237th 736 67.8%
2011 68.45 272nd 766 64.5%
2012 63.27 306th 764 59.9%
2013 64.00 294th 772 61.9%
2014 64.69 291st 777 62.5%
2015 64.53 293rd 792 63.0%
2016 57.78 354th 742 52.3%
2017 48.39 423rd 739 42.8%
2018 31.53 487th 728 33.1%
2019 36.83 498th 731 31.9%
2021 22.20 570th 729 21.8%
2022 21.33 594th 727 18.3%
2023 29.18 537th 730 26.4%
2024 39.35 434th 675 35.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.74 459th 682 32.7%
2019 35.69 503rd 697 27.8%
2021 21.08 583rd 719 18.9%
2022 22.78 594th 724 18.0%
2023 27.20 557th 723 23.0%
2024 33.61 474th 674 29.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 37.32 480th 684 29.8%
2021 19.26 590th 705 16.3%
2022 14.02 627th 701 10.6%
2023 26.09 559th 705 20.7%
2024 34.58 443rd 635 30.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.36 501st 696 28.0%
2021 24.26 545th 704 22.6%
2022 36.86 460th 712 35.4%
2023 31.00 505th 713 29.2%
2024 44.10 386th 651 40.7%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.10 405th 547 26.0%
2019 21.60 488th 559 12.7%
2021 16.25 516th 564 8.5%
2022 38.85 359th 562 36.1%
2023 22.40 490th 570 14.0%
2024 12.85 478th 509 6.1%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.36 250th 516 51.6%
2019 45.11 327th 517 36.8%
2021 12.06 488th 522 6.5%
2022 10.73 494th 517 4.4%
2023 23.94 441st 518 14.9%
2024 27.48 373rd 434 14.1%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Start Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 42.43 270th 459 41.2%
2022 29.02 333rd 460 27.6%
2023 15.39 400th 465 14.0%
2024 33.07 311th 449 30.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.83 303rd 403 24.8%
2019 36.27 297th 430 30.9%
2021 41.63 260th 455 42.9%
2022 30.01 328th 458 28.4%
2023 21.19 373rd 459 18.7%
2024 35.44 293rd 444 34.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.66 236th 418 43.5%
2021 31.90 311th 441 29.5%
2022 27.12 335th 441 24.0%
2023 16.13 387th 444 12.8%
2024 24.95 333rd 415 19.8%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 40.09 258th 418 38.3%
2021 28.72 324th 442 26.7%
2022 28.10 324th 442 26.7%
2023 16.68 372nd 443 16.0%
2024 50.34 212th 426 50.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.43 205th 313 34.5%
2019 20.52 290th 338 14.2%
2021 35.23 225th 352 36.1%
2022 27.04 262nd 360 27.2%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Start Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.90 74th 350 78.9%
2021 27.15 288th 358 19.6%
2022 10.74 336th 362 7.2%
2023 3.15 349th 352 0.9%
2024 13.15 305th 320 4.7%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Start Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 163 163
1990 284 45 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 329
1991 269 51 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 320
1992 275 52 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 327
1993 292 68 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 360
1994 267 60 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 327
1995 253 52 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 305
1996 253 52 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 305
1997 236 62 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 299
1998 250 54 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 305
1999 224 61 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 287
2000 241 51 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 294
2001 253 55 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 310
2002 275 45 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 322
2003 275 45 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 322
2004 307 53 0 3 1 n/a n/a 0 364
2005 312 38 0 3 1 n/a n/a 0 354
2006 325 43 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 370
2007 340 43 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 385
2008 333 56 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 391
2009 344 49 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 394
2010 367 44 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 412
2011 371 45 0 0 0 1 0 0 417
2012 370 55 0 0 0 1 1 0 427
2013 371 89 3 2 0 1 1 0 467
2014 367 124 3 0 0 1 1 0 496
2015 329 126 4 1 0 1 3 0 464
2016 288 130 0 3 0 1 2 0 424
2017 212 168 1 4 0 0 2 0 387
2018 190 152 2 5 0 0 2 0 351
2019 179 155 2 6 0 0 4 0 346
2020 197 155 2 7 0 0 3 0 364
2021 213 94 2 5 0 0 4 0 318
2022 224 93 2 5 0 0 7 0 331
2023 229 78 3 4 1 0 3 0 318

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Start Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 163 16.0 10.1 55.2
1990 329 22.0 14.9 28.6
1991 320 22.0 14.5 30.3
1992 327 21.0 15.5 33
1993 360 21.0 17.1 35
1994 327 21.0 15.6 40.7
1995 305 20.0 15.3 40
1996 305 20.0 15.3 40
1997 299 19.0 15.7 38.8
1998 305 19.0 16.1 39.7
1999 287 19.0 15.1 49.5
2000 294 22.0 13.4 44.2
2001 310 21.0 14.8 45.8
2002 322 23.0 14.0 45.3
2003 322 23.0 14.0 45.3
2004 364 26.0 14.0 53.8
2005 354 24.5 14.4 55.6
2006 370 23.1 16.0 56.2
2007 385 23.1 16.7 51.2
2008 391 24.6 15.9 57.3
2009 394 26.5 14.9 62.2
2010 412 26.0 15.8 66.5
2011 417 25.2 16.5 63.1
2012 427 24.3 17.5 64.6
2013 467 25.1 18.5 67.7
2014 496 25.7 19.2 72
2015 464 26.0 17.8 37.5
2016 424 n/a n/a 36.6
2017 387 23.0 16.7 60.2
2018 351 17.9 19.5 62.1
2019 346 17.0 20.3 65.6
2020 364 19.0 19.1 67.6
2021 318 17.9 17.7 59.4
2022 331 13.8 23.9 46.2
2023 318 18.0 17.6 55.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Start Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 163 16.0 10.1 55.2
1990 329 22.0 14.9 28.6
1991 320 22.0 14.5 30.3
1992 327 21.0 15.5 33
1993 360 21.0 17.1 35
1994 327 21.0 15.6 40.7
1995 305 20.0 15.3 40
1996 305 20.0 15.3 40
1997 299 19.0 15.7 38.8
1998 305 19.0 16.1 39.7
1999 287 19.0 15.1 49.5
2000 294 22.0 13.4 44.2
2001 310 21.0 14.8 45.8
2002 322 23.0 14.0 45.3
2003 322 23.0 14.0 45.3
2004 364 26.0 14.0 53.8
2005 354 24.5 14.4 55.6
2006 370 23.1 16.0 56.2
2007 385 23.1 16.7 51.2
2008 391 24.6 15.9 57.3
2009 394 26.5 14.9 62.2
2010 412 26.0 15.8 66.5
2011 417 25.2 16.5 63.1
2012 427 24.3 17.5 64.6
2013 467 25.1 18.5 67.7
2014 496 25.7 19.2 72
2015 464 26.0 17.8 37.5
2016 424 n/a n/a 36.6
2017 387 23.0 16.7 60.2
2018 351 17.9 19.5 62.1
2019 346 17.0 20.3 65.6
2020 364 19.0 19.1 67.6
2021 318 17.9 17.7 59.4
2022 331 13.8 23.9 46.2
2023 318 18.0 17.6 55.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Start Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $9,886
2018 $10,891
2019 $11,232
2020 $11,083
2021 $12,574
2022 $12,820

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Start Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 498th of 731 Elementary schoolsRanks 537th of 730 Elementary schools
 5.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Start Elementary School)3959
 20%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Richland Parish)4745
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6964
 5%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Start Elementary School)5550
 5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Richland Parish)4846
 2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7062
 8%
3rd Grade Social Studies (Start Elementary School)3650
 14%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Richland Parish)3036
 6%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)4744
 3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Start Elementary School)6957
 12%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Richland Parish)6551
 14%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6965
 4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Start Elementary School)4661
 15%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7268
 4%
4th Grade Social Studies (Start Elementary School)4440
 4%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Richland Parish)4637
 9%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5153
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Start Elementary School)5854
 4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Richland Parish)5453
 1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6361
 2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Start Elementary School)6642
 24%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Richland Parish)5753
 4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
5th Grade Social Studies (Start Elementary School)5625
 31%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Richland Parish)4236
 6%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5448
 6%
6th Grade Mathematics (Start Elementary School)6428
 36%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Richland Parish)4436
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Start Elementary School)5950
 9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Richland Parish)4741
 6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
6th Grade Social Studies (Start Elementary School)4719
 28%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students346318
 8.1%
African American15578
 49.7%
American Indian01
Asian23
 50%
Hispanic64
 33.3%
Pacific Islander00
White179229
 27.9%
Two or More Races43
 25%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.6%55.7%
 9.9%


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Start Elementary School ranks 434th of 675 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 318 students attended Start Elementary School.

Students at Start Elementary School are 72% White, 25% African American, 1% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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