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James Stephens Montessori School

Regular School · Ville Platte, LA

James Stephens Montessori School is a regular school school in Ville Platte, Louisiana, serving grades PK–08 with 421 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 11.3:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 08
Enrollment
421
Teachers (FTE)
37.3
Student–Teacher Ratio
11.3:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 323 77%
White 78 19%
Two or more races 14 3%
Hispanic/Latino 5 1%
Asian 1 0%
Total enrollment 421 200M / 221F

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 30-34% 29.5% 167
Reading Proficiency 40-44% 40.7% 167
Science Proficiency 20-24% — 165

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
+0.22 grade levels
Math
-0.19 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
1 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
5
1.2% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
31
7.4% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 421 100%

Contact & Location

1500 Martin Luther King

Ville Platte, LA 70586

Phone: (337)363-4745

District

Evangeline Parish

Per-pupil expenditure: $16,065

District enrollment: 5,705

Other Schools in District

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Related Data

NCES ID

220063001659

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD