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Which teacher or staff member at Magnolia Trace Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001258
Magnolia Trace Elementary School
1405 Highway 1088, Mandeville, LA 70448 · (985) 626-8238 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- FThree-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
11.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
115 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 2 | 170 | 48% |
| Grade 3 | 185 | 52% |
Student demographics
42%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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -23.0pp since 2022
Math
51.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 23 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 14 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Magnolia Trace Elementary School
Magnolia Trace Elementary School's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Trace Elementary School this school | 355 | 32.4% | 51.7% |
| Marigny Elementary School Mandeville | 422 | 29.1% | N/A |
| N.S.U. Elementary Lab School Natchitoches | 290 | 31.4% | 77.8% |
| Myrtle Place Elementary School Lafayette | 384 | 30.2% | 78.8% |
| Woodlake Elementary School Mandeville | 442 | 29.0% | 54.2% |
| George Welch Elementary School West Monroe | 429 | 35.4% | 57.2% |
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 Magnolia Trace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #95 of 583 | #5 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #115 of 582 ▼ 18 | #4 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #168 of 587 ▼ 78 | #10 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -18.5pp | #7 of 540 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #468 of 714 | #22 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #113 of 655 | #11 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #414 of 655 | #20 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #685 of 705 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #186 of 197 | #11 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
355
+40 (+13%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 355 | 31.2 | 11.4:1 | 32% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 31.2 | 12.6:1 | 31% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 26.8 | 15.1:1 | 26% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 21.8 | 16.2:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 33 | 12.9:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 23% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 16% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Magnolia Trace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (352 to 355); teachers up 43% (21.8 to 31.2).
About Magnolia Trace Elementary School
Magnolia Trace Elementary School, located in Mandeville, Louisiana, is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 355 students in grades 2 through 3. Elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
St. Tammany Parish has a total of 55 schools and 35,956 students, Magnolia Trace Elementary School among them.
The student body at Magnolia Trace Elementary School is 75% White. It is also 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. Among St. Tammany Parish residents, the White share is about 74%. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Magnolia Trace Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Magnolia Trace Elementary School comes to 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 2.6 more students per teacher than here. Magnolia Trace Elementary School counts 32% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in St. Tammany Parish average 44%.
Magnolia Trace Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Magnolia Trace Elementary School's results are 9.4 points below predicted: 51.7% against 61.1%.
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 the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 36,212 students.
Magnolia Trace Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Lake Harbor Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Magnolia Trace Elementary School at 7th of 7.
NCES assigns Magnolia Trace Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 315 to 355. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.0 to 11.4 over 4 years.
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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
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Mandeville
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Lakeshore High SchoolHigh · 835 students
- Fontainebleau Junior High SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Tchefuncte Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Harbor Middle School0.1 mi · 582
- Marigny Elementary School0.3 mi · 422
- Gayle Sloan Middle School0.7 mi · 502
- Fontainebleau Junior High School1.6 mi · 784
- Fontainebleau High School1.8 mi · 1,451
- Woodlake Elementary School2.0 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Magnolia Trace Elementary SchoolHow large is Magnolia Trace Elementary School?
Magnolia Trace Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does Magnolia Trace Elementary School serve?
Magnolia Trace Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Magnolia Trace Elementary School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Magnolia Trace Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Magnolia Trace Elementary School?
Student demographics at Magnolia Trace Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Magnolia Trace Elementary School public or private?
Magnolia Trace Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.