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If you had an hour of school board time for Mangham Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND PARISH·NCES 220135001099
Mangham Elementary School
419 Hixon St., Mangham, LA 71259 · (318) 248-2575 · Richland Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
17.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
258 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
59.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
41.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Mangham Elementary School
Mangham Elementary School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangham Elementary School this school | 404 | 63.9% | 45.0% |
| Slaughter Elementary School Slaughter | 482 | 65.1% | 25.8% |
| Start Elementary School Start | 332 | 59.6% | 25.0% |
| Westwood Elementary School Westlake | 412 | 63.8% | N/A |
| Valverda Elementary School Maringouin | 436 | 66.1% | 31.3% |
| Lake Arthur Elementary School Lake Arthur | 441 | 61.2% | 47.3% |
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 Mangham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #152 of 583 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #216 of 582 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #92 of 587 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #99 of 540 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #396 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #606 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #409 of 655 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #488 of 705 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #396 of 436 |
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
404
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 404 | 23.8 | 17.0:1 | 64% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 26.8 | 16.3:1 | 47% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 22.9 | 19.3:1 | 57% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | 53% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 19.1 | 21.8:1 | 56% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 45% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 75% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 59% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 28 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mangham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (416 to 404); teachers up 24% (19.1 to 23.8).
About Mangham Elementary School
Families in Mangham, Louisiana, are served by Mangham Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 404 students.
Richland Parish has 11 schools; together they serve 2,694 students.
White students make up a majority at Mangham Elementary School, at 71%. The remaining shares are 26% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Richland Parish's population at about 61%. Mangham Elementary School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 23.8 full-time equivalents, or about 17.0 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 17.0:1 here. About 64% of students, or 258, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Richland Parish report 76%.
allk12 grades Mangham Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.4%. Mangham Elementary School scores 45.0%.
Across Richland Parish, the median household income is $53,544, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. In all, Richland Parish has 12 public schools and roughly 3,312 students.
The shortest distance from Mangham Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Mangham High School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Nearby schools with test data average 13.9% proficiency; Mangham Elementary School posts 45.0%.
The NCES locale for Mangham Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 407 to 404. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.5:1 to 17.0:1.
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Richland Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,822
Census ACS
Median income
$53,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,312 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richland Parish
- Rayville High SchoolHigh · 341 students
- Rayville Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Start Elementary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Mangham High SchoolHigh · 294 students
- Holly Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Mangham Junior High SchoolMiddle · 216 students
Other schools in Mangham
- Mangham High SchoolHigh · 294 students
- Mangham Junior High SchoolMiddle · 216 students
Nearby schools
- Mangham High School0.1 mi · 294
- Mangham Junior High School0.1 mi · 216
- Baskin School4.2 mi · 325
- Rayville Elementary School10.8 mi · 333
- Rayville Junior High School10.8 mi · 145
- Rayville High School10.9 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Mangham Elementary SchoolHow large is Mangham Elementary School?
Mangham Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mangham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mangham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mangham Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mangham Elementary School is approximately 17.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mangham Elementary School?
At Mangham Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 2% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Mangham Elementary School public or private?
Mangham Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richland Parish.
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