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Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001305
Greenville Park Leadership Academy
111 JW Davis Drive, Hammond, LA 70401 · (985) 345-2654 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Louisiana public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
340 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 21% |
Student demographics
28%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
17.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 17.0% | 10.0% |
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 9.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
9.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Greenville Park Leadership Academy
Greenville Park Leadership Academy's state test result (9.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Park Leadership Academy this school | 384 | 88.5% | 9.4% |
| Capitol Middle School Baton Rouge | 413 | 88.4% | 10.5% |
| Paul Breaux Middle School Lafayette | 314 | 91.1% | 21.8% |
| East St. John Preparatory Academy LaPlace | 318 | 85.2% | 11.5% |
| Oak Park Middle School Lake Charles | 388 | 83.0% | 14.2% |
| Mansfield Middle School Mansfield | 331 | 87.0% | 19.8% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Greenville Park Leadership Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #206 of 213 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #195 of 210 ▲ 3 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #202 of 213 ▲ 1 | #7 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #58 of 197 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #113 of 220 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #24 of 195 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #166 of 195 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #30 of 214 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #55 of 162 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
384
-56 (-13%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 384 | 36.4 | 10.6:1 | 89% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 25.7 | 17.6:1 | 85% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 27.6 | 16.2:1 | 86% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 76% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 41.1 | 12.1:1 | 74% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 43 | 10.3:1 | 97% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 93% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 88% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 31 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenville Park Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (497 to 384); teachers down 12% (41.1 to 36.4).
About Greenville Park Leadership Academy
Greenville Park Leadership Academy is a public middle school run by Tangipahoa Parish in Hammond, Louisiana. It enrolls 384 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 4 through 8.
Tangipahoa Parish has 32 schools; together they serve 19,077 students.
The share of Black students at Greenville Park Leadership Academy is 84%. Next come 9% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 29% Black. The diversity index for Greenville Park Leadership Academy is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 10.6:1 is based on 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1, 30.5 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. On average, public schools in Tangipahoa Parish report 73%.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Greenville Park Leadership Academy outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Greenville Park Leadership Academy is 11.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 9.4% actual, 20.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
In the surrounding county, Tangipahoa Parish, the median household earns about $56,760 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Tangipahoa Parish has 33 public schools with about 19,077 students, including Greenville Park Leadership Academy.
Of the public schools around it, Greenville Park Leadership Academy is closest to Woodland Park Magnet, about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.5%; Greenville Park Leadership Academy's is 9.4%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A 13% decline took enrollment from 440 in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.6:1) than in 2020-21 (13.8:1).
Greenville Park Leadership Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 Hammond
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Hammond Eastside MagnetElementary · 1,340 students
- Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary · 1,022 students
- Woodland Park MagnetElementary · 458 students
- Southeastern LA University Lab SchoolElementary · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland Park Magnet1.2 mi · 458
- Southeastern LA University Lab School1.3 mi · 257
- Hammond Westside Montessori1.5 mi · 1,022
- Natalbany Middle3.3 mi · 347
- Midway Elementary School4.2 mi · 440
- D.C. Reeves Elementary School4.2 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Greenville Park Leadership AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Greenville Park Leadership Academy?
Greenville Park Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Greenville Park Leadership Academy serve?
Greenville Park Leadership Academy serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenville Park Leadership Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenville Park Leadership Academy is approximately 10.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenville Park Leadership Academy?
At Greenville Park Leadership Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 9% Hispanic, 84% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Greenville Park Leadership Academy public or private?
Greenville Park Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.