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Northwestern Elementary School

Serves grades KG - KG

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4200 Rollins Road
Zachary, LA 70791
Phone
(225) 654-2786
District
Zachary Community School District
County
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
417
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Northwestern Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
38%
No Data
44%
No Data
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 417 100.0%
Total 417 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 34.6% 36.3% 43.7%
Black 57.7% 59.0% 42.9%
Hispanic 6.5% 3.4% 11.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.2% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.1% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 60.4% 56.6% 62.4%
Free lunch eligible 53.0% 48.0% 58.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.4% 8.6% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,753 4,590,241
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 317.1 105
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 6.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.2% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.4% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.9% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 11.8% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,495 1,765,264
Single Parent Households With Children 13.8% 10.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.9% 86.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.1% 26.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.8% 13.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.4% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.8% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.9% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.2% 14.8%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 13.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,996 $40,948,000 57.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $542 $3,170,000 4.5%
Staff $413 $2,418,000 3.4%
General Administration $218 $1,276,000 1.8%
School Administration $549 $3,213,000 4.5%
Operation $1,183 $6,923,000 9.7%
Transportation $717 $4,198,000 5.9%
Other $399 $2,333,000 3.3%
Total Support $4,020 $23,531,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,135 $6,645,000 9.3%
Total Expenditures $12,152 $71,124,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,126 $5,116,487,000 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $561,266,000 5.5%
Staff $672 $482,832,000 4.7%
General Administration $324 $232,689,000 2.3%
School Administration $813 $583,995,000 5.7%
Operation $1,460 $1,048,151,000 10.2%
Transportation $649 $465,810,000 4.5%
Other $356 $255,444,000 2.5%
Total Support $5,056 $3,630,187,000 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,134 $1,532,450,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $14,316 $10,279,124,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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