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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Lucille Nesom Memorial this year?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001316
Lucille Nesom Memorial
Hwy. 442 West, Tickfaw, LA 70466 · (985) 345-2166 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
344 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
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
26.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 26.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Lucille Nesom Memorial
Lucille Nesom Memorial's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucille Nesom Memorial this school | 414 | 83.1% | 14.8% |
| R. V. Kerr Elementary School Bossier City | 367 | 81.5% | 23.8% |
| Ossun Elementary School Lafayette | 498 | 79.3% | 38.5% |
| Cankton Elementary School Cankton | 504 | 82.9% | 28.3% |
| Center Street Elementary School New Iberia | 368 | 86.4% | 27.7% |
| Midway Elementary School Tickfaw | 440 | 86.4% | 21.3% |
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 Lucille Nesom Memorial ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #516 of 583 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #523 of 582 ▲ 19 | #14 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #476 of 587 ▼ 10 | #9 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #118 of 540 | #3 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #383 of 714 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #51 of 655 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #59 of 655 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #224 of 705 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #321 of 436 | #7 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
414
-56 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 414 | 40.2 | 10.3:1 | 83% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 23.2 | 20.7:1 | 80% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 32.5 | 16.9:1 | 83% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 60% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 28.1 | 16.2:1 | 52% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 89% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 84% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 67% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lucille Nesom Memorial.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (454 to 414); teachers up 43% (28.1 to 40.2).
About Lucille Nesom Memorial
Lucille Nesom Memorial is an elementary school in Tickfaw, Louisiana, and it is part of Tangipahoa Parish. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 414 students.
Lucille Nesom Memorial is part of Tangipahoa Parish, where 32 schools serve 19,077 students.
The largest group at Lucille Nesom Memorial is Black students, at 46%. It is also 27% White, 21% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Tangipahoa Parish is roughly 29% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lucille Nesom Memorial scores 67%.
Lucille Nesom Memorial reports a ratio of 10.3 students per teacher, from 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Lucille Nesom Memorial, 83% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 73% average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish.
On the allk12 Grade, Lucille Nesom Memorial lands at D, ahead of 10% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lucille Nesom Memorial is 9.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 14.8% actual, 24.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
The county, Tangipahoa Parish, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $56,760, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 33, with about 19,077 students.
Lucille Nesom Memorial's nearest public school is Midway Elementary School (about 1.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Lucille Nesom Memorial places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 470 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 414 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 17.4 in 2020-21 to 10.3 in 2024-25.
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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 Tickfaw
- Midway Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Natalbany MiddleMiddle · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Midway Elementary School1.4 mi · 440
- Natalbany Middle2.3 mi · 347
- Independence High Magnet4.0 mi · 490
- Independence Leadership Academy4.0 mi · 548
- Southeastern LA University Lab School4.3 mi · 257
- Greenville Park Leadership Academy5.6 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Lucille Nesom MemorialWhat is the total enrollment at Lucille Nesom Memorial?
Lucille Nesom Memorial enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-08.
Is Lucille Nesom Memorial an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lucille Nesom Memorial is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Lucille Nesom Memorial?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Lucille Nesom Memorial.
How diverse is Lucille Nesom Memorial?
Lucille Nesom Memorial reports a student body of 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 46% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lucille Nesom Memorial in?
Lucille Nesom Memorial is part of Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.