Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Public PK, KG-8

 132 Cherry Street
       Provencal, LA  71468


(318) 472-6174

District: Natchitoches Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
153rd of 727 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,819 Help


Students who attend Provencal Elementary & Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Natchitoches Central High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.3 Help
Number of students:  467

Racial breakdown:

White:
73.0%
African American:
21.6%
Two or more races:
2.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  93.8% Help


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Compare Details Provencal Elementary & Junior High School ranks better than 79% of elementary schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 4th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Natchitoches Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.35. (See more...)
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Compare Details Provencal Elementary & Junior High School ranks better than 77.4% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.3. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (73%), African American (21.6%), two or more races (2.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 93.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School is 14.3, which is the 4th best among 7 elementary schools in the Natchitoches Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School is $10,819, which is the lowest among 8 elementary schools in the Natchitoches Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Provencal Elementary & Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Provencal Elementary & Junior High School 153rd of 727 Louisiana public elementary schools. (See Provencal Elementary & Junior High School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks Provencal Elementary & Junior High School 106th of 469 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Provencal Elementary & Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Natchitoches Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Natchitoches Parish 35th of 114 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 67.63 249th 725 65.7%
2008 67.73 254th 743 65.8%
2009 75.15 179th 738 75.7%
2010 66.09 289th 736 60.7%
2011 69.16 263rd 766 65.7%
2012 76.24 174th 764 77.2%
2013 57.38 355th 772 54.0%
2014 72.83 198th 777 74.5%
2015 70.20 234th 792 70.5%
2016 70.93 232nd 742 68.7%
2017 57.50 362nd 739 51.0%
2018 53.82 304th 728 58.2%
2019 35.26 508th 731 30.5%
2021 60.77 297th 729 59.3%
2022 67.14 248th 727 65.9%
2023 78.35 154th 730 78.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 79.83 39th 306 87.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.79 279th 682 59.1%
2019 35.56 506th 697 27.4%
2021 56.90 316th 719 56.1%
2022 74.15 150th 724 79.3%
2023 83.96 76th 723 89.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 32.44 520th 684 24.0%
2021 62.48 291st 705 58.7%
2022 65.28 247th 701 64.8%
2023 74.24 170th 705 75.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 47.48 400th 696 42.5%
2021 57.89 301st 704 57.2%
2022 67.90 231st 712 67.6%
2023 80.31 117th 713 83.6%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.28 366th 547 33.1%
2019 23.17 479th 559 14.3%
2021 66.06 146th 564 74.1%
2022 59.96 186th 562 66.9%
2023 76.18 105th 570 81.6%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.34 354th 516 31.4%
2019 30.24 422nd 517 18.4%
2021 40.37 346th 522 33.7%
2022 50.29 285th 517 44.9%
2023 70.52 128th 518 75.3%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 52.85 214th 396 46.0%
2008 59.89 181st 413 56.2%
2009 68.25 143rd 425 66.4%
2010 75.87 91st 408 77.7%
2011 63.87 164th 412 60.2%
2012 57.65 201st 442 54.5%
2013 63.08 164th 457 64.1%
2014 75.37 102nd 470 78.3%
2015 85.67 45th 482 90.7%
2016 83.58 54th 435 87.6%
2017 84.83 51st 437 88.3%
2018 68.31 100th 411 75.7%
2019 68.50 147th 449 67.3%
2021 65.48 156th 459 66.0%
2022 72.38 122nd 460 73.5%
2023 74.30 104th 465 77.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.96 52nd 403 87.1%
2019 64.66 144th 430 66.5%
2021 61.45 164th 455 64.0%
2022 81.58 57th 458 87.6%
2023 82.12 54th 459 88.2%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 61.81 170th 418 59.3%
2021 70.39 127th 441 71.2%
2022 71.21 123rd 441 72.1%
2023 60.34 179th 444 59.7%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.71 83rd 170 51.2%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 66.81 138th 418 67.0%
2021 55.86 191st 442 56.8%
2022 68.99 129th 442 70.8%
2023 80.73 70th 443 84.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.79 89th 313 71.6%
2019 30.48 241st 338 28.7%
2021 91.56 22nd 352 93.8%
2022 66.16 88th 360 75.6%
2023 65.34 89th 360 75.3%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.05 81st 338 76.0%
2019 57.38 162nd 350 53.7%
2021 44.48 209th 358 41.6%
2022 56.38 168th 362 53.6%
2023 52.33 180th 352 48.9%
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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 Provencal Elementary & Junior High 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 361 361
1990 254 128 0 4 2 n/a n/a 0 388
1991 230 129 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 363
1992 205 128 0 0 2 n/a n/a 0 335
1993 229 123 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 353
1994 240 131 0 2 3 n/a n/a 0 376
1995 243 127 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 374
1996 243 127 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 374
1997 257 132 0 2 3 n/a n/a 0 394
1998 255 136 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 393
1999 235 135 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 372
2000 256 150 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 408
2001 256 122 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 380
2002 334 113 1 1 2 n/a n/a 0 451
2003 334 113 1 1 2 n/a n/a 0 451
2004 340 103 3 2 2 n/a n/a 0 450
2005 336 106 4 2 5 n/a n/a 0 453
2006 377 116 3 5 8 n/a n/a 0 509
2007 369 94 3 5 7 n/a n/a 0 478
2008 383 92 3 6 9 n/a n/a 0 493
2009 379 72 2 2 10 n/a n/a 0 465
2010 368 83 1 3 9 n/a n/a 0 464
2011 370 109 1 2 10 0 0 0 492
2012 382 120 1 2 9 0 0 0 514
2013 390 109 1 0 7 0 1 0 508
2014 352 115 0 3 8 0 2 0 480
2015 334 118 0 3 6 0 7 0 468
2016 336 89 0 4 5 0 11 0 445
2017 325 95 0 6 3 0 15 0 444
2018 331 95 0 11 2 0 13 0 452
2019 378 119 1 12 3 0 18 0 531
2020 374 103 2 12 4 0 14 0 509
2021 370 88 1 10 2 1 18 0 490
2022 361 96 1 12 2 1 11 0 484
2023 341 101 1 9 3 1 11 0 467

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 Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 361 22.5 16.0 48.5
1990 388 25.0 15.5 48.7
1991 363 24.0 15.1 49
1992 335 24.0 13.9 53.4
1993 353 24.0 14.7 56.1
1994 376 23.0 16.3 54.3
1995 374 25.0 15.0 54.5
1996 374 25.0 15.0 54.5
1997 394 26.2 15.0 50.5
1998 393 25.0 15.7 53.2
1999 372 24.0 15.5 69.9
2000 408 27.0 15.1 71.3
2001 380 25.0 15.2 67.9
2002 451 28.0 16.1 61.6
2003 451 28.0 16.1 61.6
2004 450 30.0 15.0 64.9
2005 453 30.6 14.8 63.4
2006 509 30.7 16.6 67
2007 478 25.8 18.5 59
2008 493 29.7 16.6 61.9
2009 465 30.7 15.1 58.3
2010 464 29.7 15.6 58.4
2011 492 27.6 17.7 65.2
2012 514 27.7 18.5 64.6
2013 508 27.5 18.4 62.8
2014 480 27.6 17.3 58.5
2015 468 29.0 16.1 59.4
2016 445 n/a n/a 62.2
2017 444 28.3 15.6 45.9
2018 452 22.8 19.8 50.9
2019 531 25.8 20.5 47.1
2020 509 24.0 21.1 54.6
2021 490 26.5 18.4 83.9
2022 484 25.5 18.9 85.7
2023 467 32.5 14.3 93.8

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 Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 361 22.5 16.0 48.5
1990 388 25.0 15.5 48.7
1991 363 24.0 15.1 49
1992 335 24.0 13.9 53.4
1993 353 24.0 14.7 56.1
1994 376 23.0 16.3 54.3
1995 374 25.0 15.0 54.5
1996 374 25.0 15.0 54.5
1997 394 26.2 15.0 50.5
1998 393 25.0 15.7 53.2
1999 372 24.0 15.5 69.9
2000 408 27.0 15.1 71.3
2001 380 25.0 15.2 67.9
2002 451 28.0 16.1 61.6
2003 451 28.0 16.1 61.6
2004 450 30.0 15.0 64.9
2005 453 30.6 14.8 63.4
2006 509 30.7 16.6 67
2007 478 25.8 18.5 59
2008 493 29.7 16.6 61.9
2009 465 30.7 15.1 58.3
2010 464 29.7 15.6 58.4
2011 492 27.6 17.7 65.2
2012 514 27.7 18.5 64.6
2013 508 27.5 18.4 62.8
2014 480 27.6 17.3 58.5
2015 468 29.0 16.1 59.4
2016 445 n/a n/a 62.2
2017 444 28.3 15.6 45.9
2018 452 22.8 19.8 50.9
2019 531 25.8 20.5 47.1
2020 509 24.0 21.1 54.6
2021 490 26.5 18.4 83.9
2022 484 25.5 18.9 85.7
2023 467 32.5 14.3 93.8

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $10,345
2018 $10,354
2019 $10,406
2020 $10,819

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Provencal Elementary & Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 508th of 731 Elementary schoolsRanks 154th of 730 Elementary schools
 48.4%
Ranks 147th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 104th of 465 Middle schools
 10.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)5577
 22%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Natchitoches Parish)6366
 3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6964
 5%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)6087
 27%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Natchitoches Parish)6070
 10%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7062
 8%
3rd Grade Social Studies (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)2871
 43%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Natchitoches Parish)3847
 9%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)4744
 3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)6167
 6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Natchitoches Parish)5055
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6960
 9%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)5272
 20%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Natchitoches Parish)5061
 11%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7269
 3%
4th Grade Social Studies (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)3251
 19%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Natchitoches Parish)3653
 17%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5153
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)8163
 18%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Natchitoches Parish)5655
 1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6359
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)6866
 2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Natchitoches Parish)6162
 1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
5th Grade Social Studies (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)4673
 27%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Natchitoches Parish)4854
 6%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5448
 6%
7th Grade Mathematics (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)7074
 4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Natchitoches Parish)5260
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6158
 3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)7886
 8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Natchitoches Parish)6672
 6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)6861
 7%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Natchitoches Parish)4953
 4%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)5668
 12%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Natchitoches Parish)4743
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade Social Studies (Provencal Elementary & Junior High School)7354
 19%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Natchitoches Parish)6349
 14%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students531467
 12.1%
African American119101
 15.1%
American Indian33
Asian11
Hispanic129
 25%
Pacific Islander01
White378341
 9.8%
Two or More Races1811
 38.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.1%93.8%
 46.7%


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Students at Provencal Elementary & Junior High School are 73% White, 22% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

Students who attend Provencal Elementary & Junior High School usually go on to attend:

High : Natchitoches Central High School

Provencal Elementary & Junior High School ranks 153rd of 727 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 467 students attended Provencal Elementary & Junior High School.


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