Summary:
In zip code 71052, there is one elementary school, Mansfield Elementary School, serving grades PK through 4 with 542 students in Mansfield, Louisiana.
Mansfield Elementary School has shown remarkable academic improvement, jumping from a 2-star rating (47th percentile) in the 2024-2025 school year to a 4-star rating (71st percentile) in 2025-2026, a leap of 151 places in state rankings. The school outperforms the state average in all tested subjects, with 83% of students proficient in English Language Arts (13 points above the state), 69% in Math (7 points above the state), and 65% in Social Studies (10 points above the state). A standout area is 3rd-grade Social Studies, where 73% proficiency is 24 points above the state average. The school benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1, allowing for more personalized instruction. However, it lags behind its high-performing DeSoto Parish district in Math, particularly in 4th grade, where proficiency is 12 points lower than the district average.
Despite these academic gains, chronic absenteeism remains a challenge at 22.3%, slightly above the district rate of 19.4% and nearly matching the state average. With 87.45% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the school serves a high-poverty population, making its recent turnaround even more notable. The dramatic one-year improvements in both Math and ELA proficiency (+12 points each) suggest effective instructional changes are taking hold, and reducing absenteeism could be key to sustaining this momentum.
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