Best Public Schools in Mooringsport, LA

Summary:

The city of Mooringsport, Louisiana has only one school, Mooringsport Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 304 students. The school has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 450 out of 675 Louisiana elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 603 out of 730 in 2022-2023. Its SchoolDigger rating has also fluctuated, ranging from 2 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024 to 1 star out of 5 in 2022-2023 and 2024-2025.

Academically, Mooringsport Elementary School has struggled, with proficiency rates in LEAP Mathematics and English Language Arts consistently below the Caddo Parish and Louisiana state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 4th grade Mathematics, the school had a 47% proficiency rate, compared to 58% for Caddo Parish and 65% for Louisiana. Similarly, in 4th grade English Language Arts, the school had a 50% proficiency rate, compared to 61% for Caddo Parish and 70% for Louisiana. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6%, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The challenges faced by Mooringsport Elementary School may be exacerbated by the high percentage of students (74.34%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 13.7 is slightly lower than the state and district averages, but this may not be enough to overcome the significant academic and socioeconomic challenges the school is facing.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)				LEAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 4th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 5th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	Total
Mooringsport Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	602 Latimer Street	Mooringsport	71060	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 222-5214	259	22	12.0	76.4%	193 (74.5%)	27 (10.4%)	25 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	17.7	586^th of 666 public elementary schools	12.0%		37.7	450^th of 675 public elementary schools	33.3%	136	48.0	47.0	41.0	44.0	40.0	50.0	51.0	$18,719

Cities Near Mooringsport

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Oil City	6.26 mi	1
Shreveport	6.94 mi	59	219^th
Belcher	11.58 mi	1	2^nd
Benton	13.52 mi	5	17^th
Vivian	14.06 mi	3	228^th

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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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