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Central Park Elementary School

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Central Park Elementary School ranks 511 th of 690 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

511^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 690 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of Louisiana elementary schools

Summary

Central Park Elementary School in Bossier City, LA, serves 431 students in grades PK-5 within the Bossier Parish school district, where over 84% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, reflecting a high-poverty community. While the school has historically ranked in the bottom 20-25% of Louisiana elementary schools, recent data shows a slight upward trend to the 26th percentile, its highest in years, though it still lags behind district averages in math (48% proficient vs. 66% district) and ELA (56% vs. 76% district). A notable bright spot is 4th grade, where students achieved 61% proficiency in math and 66% in ELA, approaching state averages and suggesting a strong teaching team or curriculum at that level.

Chronic absenteeism is a critical challenge, with 29% of students chronically absent in 2024-2025, far higher than nearby Apollo Elementary (21.3%) and Bellaire Elementary (19.0%), which achieve significantly higher proficiency rates. This absenteeism-academic link is stark: Central Park, along with Bossier Elementary (47.7% absenteeism) and Plantation Park Elementary (40.0%), forms a cluster of schools with the highest absenteeism and lowest test scores in the area. In contrast, A.C. Steere Elementary, just 3 miles away in Caddo Parish, has only 12.8% chronic absenteeism and stellar 83% math and 79% ELA proficiency, highlighting how attendance patterns can create vastly different outcomes in geographically close schools.

Central Park shows mixed performance across student subgroups, performing relatively better for male students (37th percentile) and Hispanic students (40th percentile) but struggling with female students (15th percentile) and special education students (11th percentile). While it outperforms nearby Waller Elementary (28% math, 47% ELA) in several metrics, the school’s long-term trend offers a glimmer of hope: the 2025-2026 ranking is its best since 2016, suggesting recent interventions may be taking effect. The key to further improvement lies in reducing chronic absenteeism and replicating 4th-grade success across all grade levels.

431

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,349

Per pupil spending ?

84.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

900 Central Park Boulevard
Bossier City, LA 71112

(318) 549-6400

District: Bossier Parish

Students who attend Central Park Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Rusheon Middle School
High:	Bossier High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

54.8%

Hispanic:

33.2%

White:

9.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2016 → 26th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Louisiana average (49% vs 62% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts scores 14 pts below the Louisiana average

!Near the bottom of Bossier Parish's ranking

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school49%

District avg68%

Louisiana avg62%

511^th of 690

Louisiana public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 8 pts since 2016

From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Bossier Parish

37^th of 116Bossier Parish among Louisiana districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	29.7	511 of 690	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.9	554 of 666	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	533 of 675	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.0	628 of 730	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	585 of 727	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	572 of 729	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	602 of 731	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	5.2	706 of 728	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	21.0	631 of 739	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.1	607 of 742	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	38.9	518 of 792	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	18.3	681 of 777	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	29.8	601 of 772	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.8	656 of 764	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.3	686 of 766	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	15.0	675 of 736	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	17.0	649 of 738	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.3	526 of 743	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	34.1	520 of 725	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	37.4	365 of 548	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.4	359 of 501	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.3	339 of 509	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.1	426 of 570	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.5	405 of 562	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.6	353 of 564	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.1	404 of 559	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	480 of 547	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2018	19.7	257 of 281	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	36.8	82 of 115	28.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.9	65 of 82	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	70 of 86	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.1	81 of 97	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.0	56 of 90	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	16.2	72 of 75	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	46.3	43 of 89	51.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	21.3	580 of 679	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.2	550 of 633	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.5	478 of 635	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	574 of 705	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.8	529 of 701	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.8	557 of 705	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.9	590 of 684	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	44.7	159 of 266	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	22.5	176 of 207	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.7	143 of 189	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	219 of 233	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	187 of 220	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.5	177 of 202	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.4	133 of 190	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.4	142 of 168	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	31.9	499 of 685	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.5	542 of 661	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.6	515 of 674	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	620 of 723	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.7	560 of 724	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.0	535 of 719	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	580 of 697	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.1	640 of 682	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	41.0	427 of 682	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	25.3	514 of 641	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	533 of 651	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	624 of 713	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	629 of 712	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.0	548 of 704	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	584 of 696	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2026	19.1	321 of 361	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	278 of 296	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	262 of 307	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.5	207 of 306	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.3	317 of 333	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2023	2.8	513 of 518	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2026)40th percentile+14 vs school

Male (2026)37th percentile+11 vs school

African American (2026)33rd percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)29th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)27th percentile~ school

Female (2026)15th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2026)11th percentile-15 vs school

Disabled (2018)9th percentile+6 vs school

White (2023)1st percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Louisiana (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts56%-14 vs state

Mathematics48%-14 vs state

Social Studies43%-12 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				LEAP Mathematics (2026)				LEAP English Language Arts (2026)				LEAP Social Studies (2026)				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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 5th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	LEAP Social Studies 3rd Grade	LEAP Social Studies 4th Grade	LEAP Social Studies 5th Grade	LEAP Social Studies All Grades	Total
Central Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	900 Central Park Boulevard	Bossier City	71112	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-6400	431	33	13.2	84.2%	39 (9.0%)	236 (54.8%)	143 (33.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	29.7	511^th of 690 public elementary schools	25.9%		21.9	554^th of 666 public elementary schools	16.8%	43	40.0	61.0	43.0	48.0	46.0	66.0	59.0	56.0	43.0	41.0	45.0	43.0	$15,349
Waller Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1130 Patricia Drive	Bossier City	71112	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-6850	424	35	12.1	77.8%	70 (16.5%)	216 (50.9%)	115 (27.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.5%)	12.3	642^nd of 690 public elementary schools	7.0%		15.4	605^th of 666 public elementary schools	9.2%	37	32.0	27.0	23.0	28.0	37.0	48.0	59.0	47.0	25.0	35.0	41.0	33.0	$16,479
R. V. Kerr Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 Airline Drive	Bossier City	71112	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-6560	367	32	11.5	81.5%	66 (18.0%)	197 (53.7%)	83 (22.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	37.6	458^th of 690 public elementary schools	33.6%		29.8	497^th of 666 public elementary schools	25.4%	39	48.0	52.0	54.0	51.0	65.0	58.0	71.0	65.0	37.0	44.0	51.0	43.0	$18,222
Bossier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Traffic Street	Bossier City	71111	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-6350	239	20	12.0	87.4%	16 (6.7%)	152 (63.6%)	49 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.2%)	20.3	590^th of 690 public elementary schools	14.5%		3.2	660^th of 666 public elementary schools	0.9%	70	59.0	57.0	39.0	50.0	50.0	37.0	47.0	44.0	21.0	46.0	16.0	26.0	$20,771
Plantation Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2410 Plantation Drive	Bossier City	71111	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-5700	518	39	13.1	90.3%	40 (7.7%)	359 (69.3%)	86 (16.6%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.1%)	24.5	558^th of 690 public elementary schools	19.1%		23.8	538^th of 666 public elementary schools	19.2%	20	46.0	35.0	46.0	42.0	54.0	48.0	62.0	56.0	37.0	31.0	52.0	41.0	$14,689
Shreve Island Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	836 Sewanne Place	Shreveport	71105	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 869-2335	579	44	13.1	61.1%	188 (32.5%)	304 (52.5%)	50 (8.6%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.5%)	49	363^rd of 690 public elementary schools	47.4%		60	299^th of 666 public elementary schools	55.1%	64	55.0	61.0		64.0	64.0	72.0	74.0	71.0	35.0	45.0	65.0	49.0	$16,334
Creswell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2901 Creswell Avenue	Shreveport	71104	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 222-5935	325	29	11.2	81.5%	26 (8.0%)	215 (66.2%)	68 (20.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.6%)	5.3	679^th of 690 public elementary schools	1.6%		4.3	656^th of 666 public elementary schools	1.5%	23	27.0	44.0		29.0	32.0	41.0	35.0	34.0		24.0	11.0		$20,815
Bellaire Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	1310 Bellaire Boulevard	Bossier City	71112	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 549-6300	406	32	12.7	57.1%	216 (53.2%)	118 (29.1%)	30 (7.4%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.4%)	53.9	342^nd of 690 public elementary schools	50.4%					(n/a)	55.0			55.0	69.0			69.0	51.0			51.0	$16,432
Meadowview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4312 Shed Road	Bossier City	71111	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-5640	440	36	12.1	81.6%	40 (9.1%)	211 (48.0%)	145 (33.0%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (8.2%)	22.1	576^th of 690 public elementary schools	16.5%		13.3	615^th of 666 public elementary schools	7.7%	39	51.0	33.0	23.0	36.0	51.0	59.0	48.0	53.0	39.0	48.0	42.0	44.0	$15,797
A.C. Steere Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4009 Youree Drive	Shreveport	71105	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 865-5675	443	34	13.0	46.5%	228 (51.5%)	125 (28.2%)	56 (12.6%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.5%)	77.7	154^th of 690 public elementary schools	77.7%		73.1	187^th of 666 public elementary schools	71.9%	33	72.0	88.0	86.0	83.0	63.0	88.0	84.0	79.0	49.0	80.0	67.0	65.0	$16,874

Frequently Asked Questions about Central Park Elementary School

What district is Central Park Elementary School in?

Bossier Parish

Is Central Park Elementary School a good school?

Central Park Elementary School ranks 511^th of 690 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Central Park Elementary School?

Students at Central Park Elementary School are 55% African American, 33% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Two or more races.

How many students attend Central Park Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 431 students attended Central Park Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Central Park Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Central Park Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rusheon Middle School
High : Bossier High School

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2025–26 LEAP test scoresJul 6, 2026

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