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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
1,480
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165002329
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School
133 Pine Creek Drive, Madisonville, LA 70447 · (985) 792-0156 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,480 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
16.3:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
320 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 363 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 346 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 379 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 392 | 26% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within St. Tammany Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
62.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 62.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School this school | 1,480 | 21.6% | 58.3% |
| Madisonville Elementary School Madisonville | 1,010 | 25.0% | N/A |
| Milton Elementary School Lafayette | 1,261 | 32.6% | 60.3% |
| Kingston Elementary School Benton | 768 | 24.7% | 69.0% |
| Pontchartrain Elementary School Mandeville | 636 | 24.7% | 60.2% |
| Herndon Magnet School Belcher | 701 | 34.1% | 64.5% |
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 Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #58 of 583 | #2 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #88 of 582 no change | #3 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #78 of 587 ▼ 14 | #4 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #86 of 540 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,480 | #2 of 714 | #1 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #575 of 655 | #28 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #497 of 655 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #698 of 705 | #28 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.6% | #16 of 197 | #1 of 12 |
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
1,480
+308 (+26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 1,480 | 91 | 16.3:1 | 22% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 1,466 | 90.7 | 16.2:1 | 21% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 1,505 | 70.4 | 21.4:1 | 21% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 1,172 | 60 | 19.5:1 | 19% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 933 | 43.3 | 21.6:1 | 21% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 824 | 48 | 17.2:1 | 23% (188) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (933 to 1,480); teachers up 110% (43.3 to 91).
About Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School
As a large elementary school, Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School serves students in Madisonville, Louisiana. Federal data show 1,480 students enrolled in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 453.
St. Tammany Parish runs 55 schools with a combined 35,956 students. Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 83% of students at Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, St. Tammany Parish residents are about 74% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
Staffing at Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School comes to 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School counts 22% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 44% average among public schools in St. Tammany Parish.
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 49% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.8% for Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School. The school posts 58.3%, 10.5 points below the prediction.
The county, St. Tammany Parish, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $81,202, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 56 public schools and about 36,212 students.
About 1.9 miles separate Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School from the closest public school, Madisonville Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.7%; Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School's is 58.3%, ranking 3rd of 6.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 308 students, from 1,172 to 1,480. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (19.5:1).
This page is set up for the Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Tammany Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
272,421
Census ACS
Median income
$81,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
36,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Tammany Parish
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Salmen High SchoolHigh · 1,091 students
Other schools in Madisonville
- Madisonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,010 students
- Madisonville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Nearby schools
- Madisonville Elementary School1.9 mi · 1,010
- Madisonville Junior High School2.8 mi · 647
- Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center5.5 mi · 72
- Covington High School5.9 mi · 1,600
- Covington Elementary School6.3 mi · 551
- William Pitcher Junior High School6.3 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolHow large is Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School?
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,480 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School serve?
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (91 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School?
At Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School in?
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School is part of St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.