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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001320
D.C. Reeves Elementary School
18026 Sisters Road, Ponchatoula, LA 70454 · (985) 386-6433 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
499 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 338 | 49% |
| Grade 4 | 350 | 51% |
Student demographics
67%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
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
31.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 D.C. Reeves Elementary School
D.C. Reeves Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.C. Reeves Elementary School this school | 688 | 72.5% | 28.3% |
| Tucker Memorial Elementary School Ponchatoula | 633 | 74.2% | N/A |
| Loranger Elementary School Loranger | 800 | 74.3% | 29.0% |
| Homer Plessy Community School New Orleans | 781 | 68.9% | N/A |
| Many Elementary School Many | 613 | 73.4% | 31.0% |
| J. I. Watson Elementary School Iowa | 531 | 74.0% | 30.5% |
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 D.C. Reeves Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #341 of 583 | #4 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #322 of 582 ▼ 2 | #4 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #306 of 587 ▲ 10 | #3 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #65 of 540 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #83 of 714 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #449 of 655 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #63 of 655 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #379 of 705 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #433 of 436 | #11 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
688
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 688 | 47.5 | 14.5:1 | 73% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 32.4 | 21.5:1 | 65% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 35.4 | 19.2:1 | 67% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 31 | 22.6:1 | 47% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 31 | 22.3:1 | 43% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 74% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 64% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 35 | 19.3:1 | 56% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 561 | 35 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D.C. Reeves Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (691 to 688); teachers up 53% (31 to 47.5).
About D.C. Reeves Elementary School
D.C. Reeves Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, under Tangipahoa Parish. Federal data show 688 students enrolled in grades 3 through 4 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 52% bigger than that mark.
D.C. Reeves Elementary School falls under Tangipahoa Parish, which has 32 schools enrolling 19,077 students.
Black students make up 40% of enrollment at D.C. Reeves Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 38% White, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Tangipahoa Parish's population at about 29%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
There are 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.5:1. It is about the same as the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Of all students at D.C. Reeves Elementary School, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Tangipahoa Parish average a similar 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, D.C. Reeves Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
A school with D.C. Reeves Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 32.1%. D.C. Reeves Elementary School scores 28.3%, 3.8 points below that line.
Tangipahoa Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,760 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. D.C. Reeves Elementary School shares Tangipahoa Parish with 32 other public schools.
Ponchatoula Junior High School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of D.C. Reeves Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. D.C. Reeves Elementary School is 1st of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 702 students in 2020-21 and 688 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 22.6 in 2020-21.
People who know D.C. Reeves Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Ponchatoula
- Ponchatoula High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,163 students
- Ponchatoula Junior High SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Tucker Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Martha Vinyard Elementary SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Perrin Early Learning CenterElementary · 338 students
Nearby schools
- Ponchatoula Junior High School0.7 mi · 723
- Tucker Memorial Elementary School0.7 mi · 633
- Perrin Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 338
- Ponchatoula High School1.9 mi · 2,067
- Martha Vinyard Elementary School2.0 mi · 589
- Woodland Park Magnet3.6 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About D.C. Reeves Elementary SchoolHow large is D.C. Reeves Elementary School?
D.C. Reeves Elementary School enrolls approximately 688 students in grades 03-04.
What grades does D.C. Reeves Elementary School serve?
D.C. Reeves Elementary School serves grades 03-04.
How many students per teacher at D.C. Reeves Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at D.C. Reeves Elementary School.
How diverse is D.C. Reeves Elementary School?
D.C. Reeves Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 13% Hispanic, 40% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees D.C. Reeves Elementary School?
D.C. Reeves Elementary 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.