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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001297
Amite Elementary Magnet School
301 Vernon Avenue, Amite, LA 70422 · (985) 748-6953 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
409 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 23% larger than its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
22.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
25.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 12.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amite Elementary Magnet School
Amite Elementary Magnet School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amite Elementary Magnet School this school | 431 | 94.9% | 17.0% |
| Central Elementary School Bogalusa | 416 | 94.2% | 12.7% |
| Park Elementary School New Iberia | 440 | 95.2% | 21.8% |
| Lessie Moore Elementary School Pineville | 392 | 95.4% | 24.7% |
| Johnston Hopkins Elementary School New Iberia | 350 | 94.9% | 17.8% |
| Pesson Addition Elementary School New Iberia | 427 | 90.9% | 26.3% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amite Elementary Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #493 of 583 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #383 of 582 ▲ 18 | #6 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #518 of 587 ▼ 76 | #13 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #136 of 540 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #345 of 714 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #209 of 655 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #473 of 655 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #54 of 705 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #269 of 436 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 95% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 25.5 | 17.6:1 | 82% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 26.9 | 16.1:1 | 88% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 75% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 70% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | N/A | N/A | 96% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 92% (630) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 80% (607) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | 43 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amite Elementary Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (490 to 431); teachers up 9% (32 to 35).
About Amite Elementary Magnet School
Amite Elementary Magnet School sits in Amite, Louisiana, and is classified as an elementary school. A total of 431 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 4.
Amite Elementary Magnet School is one of 32 schools in Tangipahoa Parish, which enrolls 19,077 students in total.
Roughly 79% of students at Amite Elementary Magnet School are Black. Enrollment also includes 14% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Tangipahoa Parish, the Black share is about 29%. Amite Elementary Magnet School's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Amite Elementary Magnet School operates with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.3:1. That is lower than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. About 95% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish is 73%.
allk12 grades Amite Elementary Magnet School a C. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Amite Elementary Magnet School falls in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools: 17.0% actual against 16.0% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Tangipahoa Parish show that the median household income is $56,760, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. There are 33 public schools in Tangipahoa Parish, enrolling about 19,077 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Amite High Magnet, is about 0.4 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Amite Elementary Magnet School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Amite Elementary Magnet School declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 465 to 431 students. The ratio was 17.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tangipahoa Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
136,738
Census ACS
Median income
$56,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,077 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tangipahoa Parish
- Ponchatoula High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Hammond Eastside MagnetElementary · 1,340 students
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,163 students
- Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary · 1,022 students
- Loranger Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
Other schools in Amite
- Amite High MagnetHigh · 347 students
- Amite Westside Middle MagnetMiddle · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Amite High Magnet0.4 mi · 347
- Amite Westside Middle Magnet0.9 mi · 279
- Roseland Montessori3.1 mi · 412
- Independence Leadership Academy6.1 mi · 548
- Independence High Magnet6.1 mi · 490
- Loranger High School8.3 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Amite Elementary Magnet SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Amite Elementary Magnet School?
Amite Elementary Magnet School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Amite Elementary Magnet School serve?
Amite Elementary Magnet School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Amite Elementary Magnet School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Amite Elementary Magnet School.
What is the student diversity at Amite Elementary Magnet School?
Student demographics at Amite Elementary Magnet School are roughly 14% White, 3% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Amite Elementary Magnet School?
Amite Elementary Magnet School is overseen by Tangipahoa Parish in Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.