Palmetto’s public schools beat 65% of Louisiana districts
The public schools Palmetto’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Palmetto’s schools, in brief
Palmetto’s schools are very small
All of Palmetto’s public school students add up to 223 children, with about 11 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Which school depends on your street
With 11 middle and seven high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Palmetto Elementary School. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Palmetto compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Louisiana’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Louisiana only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Palmetto.
Palmetto Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 223 students · 11:1 students per teacher
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Palmetto
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Palmetto families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Louisiana. Stars are from neighbors.