Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center

Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center is a multi-level school of tiny scale in Covington, Louisiana, one of the schools within Tangipahoa Parish, serveing 72 students in grades 3 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 527 students each, so Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center sits 86% below that benchmark.

Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center is one of 32 schools operated by Tangipahoa Parish, a district that serves 19,077 students overall.

On demographics, Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center records that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Tangipahoa Parish as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Tangipahoa Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,760 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tangipahoa Parish runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students), of which Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Champ Cooper Elementary School, around 5.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 60%: 45 students in 2018 compared to 72 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 62% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.