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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001300
Chesbrough Elementary School
68495 Highway 1054, Kentwood, LA 70444 · (985) 229-6377 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- C-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
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
350 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
59%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Chesbrough Elementary School→Jewel M. Sumner Middle School
Based on grade levels within Tangipahoa Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
30.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 down about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Chesbrough Elementary School
Chesbrough Elementary School's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesbrough Elementary School this school | 424 | 82.5% | 25.8% |
| Chataignier Elementary School Chataignier | 375 | 85.3% | 28.8% |
| Mamou Elementary School Mamou | 392 | 79.1% | 47.5% |
| North Caddo Elementary-Middle School Vivian | 502 | 80.5% | 14.2% |
| Church Point Elementary School Church Point | 491 | 85.7% | 30.5% |
| Caneview K-8 School Port Allen | 483 | 82.0% | 30.8% |
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 Chesbrough Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #374 of 583 | #5 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #329 of 582 ▼ 38 | #5 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #486 of 587 ▼ 59 | #10 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #121 of 540 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #365 of 714 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #265 of 655 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #179 of 655 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #237 of 705 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #96 of 197 | #4 of 6 |
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
424
+74 (+21%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 424 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 83% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 28.2 | 14.6:1 | 75% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 21.9 | 17.9:1 | 75% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 56% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 48% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 85% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 85% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 83% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 21 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chesbrough Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (378 to 424); teachers up 50% (22 to 33).
About Chesbrough Elementary School
At 68495 Highway 1054 in Kentwood, Louisiana, Chesbrough Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 424 students.
Chesbrough Elementary School is part of Tangipahoa Parish, where 32 schools serve 19,077 students.
The student body at Chesbrough Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. The next largest groups are 42% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The school's White share is 13 points below the 61% share among Tangipahoa Parish residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Chesbrough Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 14.0:1. The school has 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish is 73%.
Chesbrough Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 24.9%. Chesbrough Elementary School scores 25.8%.
Tangipahoa Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,760 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Chesbrough Elementary School shares Tangipahoa Parish with 32 other public schools.
The closest school to Chesbrough Elementary School is Jewel M. Sumner High School, located about 1.8 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Chesbrough Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 25.8% is above the 20.3% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Chesbrough Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 21% gain took enrollment from 350 in 2020-21 to 424 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Chesbrough Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Kentwood
- Jewel M. Sumner High SchoolHigh · 428 students
- O.W. Dillon Leadership AcademyElementary · 314 students
- Jewel M. Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 306 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Kentwood High Magnet SchoolHigh · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Jewel M. Sumner High School1.8 mi · 428
- Jewel M. Sumner Middle School1.9 mi · 306
- Spring Creek Elementary School4.4 mi · 292
- Roseland Montessori6.7 mi · 412
- O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy7.0 mi · 314
- Kentwood High Magnet School7.1 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Chesbrough Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chesbrough Elementary School?
Chesbrough Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chesbrough Elementary School serve?
Chesbrough Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chesbrough Elementary School have?
Chesbrough Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Chesbrough Elementary School?
Student demographics at Chesbrough Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 4% Hispanic, 42% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Chesbrough Elementary School in?
Chesbrough Elementary School is part of Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.