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Black student results in Tangipahoa Parish

Across 24 schools in Tangipahoa Parish, 15% of Black students meet mastery or above. That is 7.5 points below the Louisiana average for Black students.

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21.7%
All students
15%
Black
23.8%
Hispanic
31.8%
White
53.5%
Asian

Average across the 24 schools in Tangipahoa Parish with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 24 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Southeastern La University Lab School reports 43% of Black students meeting the standard. Greenville Park Leadership Academy, in the same district, reports 8%. That is a 35-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Tangipahoa Parish

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting mastery or above. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Southeastern La University Lab School 59% 43% 64% 59% 83%
D.c. Reeves Elementary School 30% 21% 18% 41%
Spring Creek Elementary School 33% 21% 12% 41%
Champ Cooper Elementary School 26% 19% 28% 30% 50%
Roseland Montessori 21% 19% 11% 26%
Midway Elementary School 20% 18% 14% 30%
Loranger Elementary School 28% 17% 30% 35%
Amite Elementary Magnet School Magnet 17% 16% 21%
Hammond Westside Montessori 22% 16% 25% 36% 66%
Chesbrough Elementary School 24% 15% 30% 35%
Jewel M. Sumner Middle School 24% 15% 29%
O.w. Dillon Leadership Academy 15% 13% 34%
Lucille Nesom Memorial 18% 13% 26% 19%
Ponchatoula Junior High School 22% 13% 21% 32% 28%
Martha Vinyard Elementary School 23% 13% 24% 33% 51%
Hammond Eastside Magnet Magnet 23% 12% 32% 33%
Loranger Middle School 25% 12% 31% 31%
Amite Westside Middle Magnet Magnet 14% 11% 5% 29%
Kentwood High Magnet School Magnet 11% 10%
Natalbany Middle 15% 10% 18% 25% 43%
Greenville Park Leadership Academy 9% 8% 22% 29%
Independence Leadership Academy 12% 8% 15% 18%
Independence High Magnet Magnet 16% 8% 27% 19%
Woodland Park Magnet 13% 8% 46%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Louisiana suppresses results under FERPA and marks groups under ten students as NR. Where the Advanced share is masked as under 5%, proficiency is derived from the reported lower achievement levels. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,016 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Louisiana figures should not be compared against another state's.

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