Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School

As a well-populated elementary school in Madisonville, Louisiana, Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School works with 1,480 students from grades 3 through 6, run under St. Tammany Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School sits 227% larger than that benchmark.

St. Tammany Parish comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 35,956 students; Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School records 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Tammany Parish (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Tammany Parish put the typical household earns roughly $81,202 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Tammany Parish runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), of which Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Madisonville Elementary School, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 59%: 933 students in 2018 compared to 1,480 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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