Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001272
Chahta-Ima Elementary School
27488 Pichon Road, Lacombe, LA 70445 · (985) 882-7541 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- CThree-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
11.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
209 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 22% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
50.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
41.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Chahta-Ima Elementary School
Chahta-Ima Elementary School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chahta-Ima Elementary School this school | 319 | 65.5% | 38.5% |
| Bayou Vista Elementary School Morgan City | 340 | 66.8% | 46.0% |
| K.R. Hanchey Elementary School DeRidder | 353 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Hillcrest Elementary School Ruston | 326 | 66.9% | N/A |
| Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School River Ridge | 384 | 70.1% | 25.7% |
| Florida Avenue Elementary School Slidell | 440 | 68.6% | 22.2% |
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 Chahta-Ima Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #242 of 583 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #219 of 582 ▲ 10 | #16 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #197 of 587 ▼ 83 | #14 of 23 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #160 of 540 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #515 of 714 | #25 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #96 of 655 | #8 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #27 of 655 | #4 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #470 of 705 | #7 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #95 of 197 | #3 of 12 |
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
319
+73 (+30%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 319 | 28.8 | 11.1:1 | 66% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 29.2 | 11.4:1 | 68% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 20.5 | 15.8:1 | 67% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 70% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 19.7 | 14.4:1 | 83% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 30 | 10.2:1 | 87% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 24 | 13.4:1 | 88% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 80% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chahta-Ima Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (284 to 319); teachers up 46% (19.7 to 28.8).
About Chahta-Ima Elementary School
Chahta-Ima Elementary School is a small elementary school in Lacombe, Louisiana, under St. Tammany Parish. It reported 319 students in pre-K through 3 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish counts 35,956 students in its 55 schools, and Chahta-Ima Elementary School is one of them.
White students make up 43% of enrollment at Chahta-Ima Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 27% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. In St. Tammany Parish overall, about 74% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
With 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.1:1. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school has 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 44% average among public schools in St. Tammany Parish.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Chahta-Ima Elementary School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Chahta-Ima Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 37.2%. Chahta-Ima Elementary School scores 38.5%, 1.3 points above that line.
The school is in St. Tammany Parish, where the median household earns about $81,202 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Chahta-Ima Elementary School shares St. Tammany Parish with 55 other public schools.
Bayou Lacombe Middle is about 0.3 miles from Chahta-Ima Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Nearby schools with test data average 51.8% proficiency; Chahta-Ima Elementary School posts 38.5%.
In the federal locale system, Chahta-Ima Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 319, up from 246 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 13.7 in 2020-21 to 11.1 in 2024-25.
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St. Tammany Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
272,421
Census ACS
Median income
$81,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
36,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Tammany Parish
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
Nearby schools
- Bayou Lacombe Middle0.3 mi · 209
- L.P. Monteleone Junior High School4.1 mi · 349
- Henry Mayfield Elementary School4.3 mi · 749
- Lakeshore High School6.5 mi · 835
- Gayle Sloan Middle School6.7 mi · 502
- Woodlake Elementary School7.3 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Chahta-Ima Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chahta-Ima Elementary School?
Chahta-Ima Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-03.
Is Chahta-Ima Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chahta-Ima Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chahta-Ima Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chahta-Ima Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chahta-Ima Elementary School?
At Chahta-Ima Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 21% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Chahta-Ima Elementary School?
Chahta-Ima Elementary School is overseen by St. Tammany Parish in St. Tammany Parish.
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