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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Martha Vinyard Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
589
Middle
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001325
Martha Vinyard Elementary School
40105 Dunson Road, Ponchatoula, LA 70454 · (985) 386-6364 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-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.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
420 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 274 | 47% |
| Grade 6 | 315 | 53% |
Student demographics
65%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
28.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
22.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Martha Vinyard Elementary School
Martha Vinyard Elementary School's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Vinyard Elementary School this school | 589 | 71.3% | 20.3% |
| Evergreen Junior High School Houma | 622 | 73.8% | 35.7% |
| Ponchatoula Junior High School Ponchatoula | 723 | 66.8% | 22.7% |
| Cecilia Junior High School Cecilia | 576 | 72.0% | 24.5% |
| Brusly Middle School Brusly | 539 | 67.3% | 45.2% |
| Loranger Middle School Loranger | 590 | 69.8% | 23.2% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Martha Vinyard Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #162 of 213 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #136 of 210 ▼ 7 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #169 of 213 ▼ 8 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #70 of 197 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #59 of 220 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #112 of 195 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #26 of 195 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #100 of 214 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #52 of 162 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
589
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 589 | 42.4 | 13.9:1 | 71% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 32 | 21.5:1 | 62% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 33.2 | 22.1:1 | 63% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 34 | 20.1:1 | 42% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 29 | 26.6:1 | 39% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | N/A | N/A | 70% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 33 | 19.6:1 | 63% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 49% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 604 | 31 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martha Vinyard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (771 to 589); teachers up 46% (29 to 42.4).
About Martha Vinyard Elementary School
Martha Vinyard Elementary School is a medium-sized middle school in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. The school's 589 students are in grades 5 through 6. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students each.
Tangipahoa Parish has 32 schools and 19,077 students, and Martha Vinyard Elementary School is one of those schools.
Martha Vinyard Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. Other reported shares: 39% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 61% White among all Tangipahoa Parish residents. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Martha Vinyard Elementary School employs 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.9:1. This ratio sits 27.1 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 71% in 2024-25. That tracks the 73% average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish.
The allk12 Grade for Martha Vinyard Elementary School is C-. Compared with Louisiana public middle schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Martha Vinyard Elementary School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Louisiana. Predicted: 33.0%. Actual: 20.3%.
Among Tangipahoa Parish residents, the median household income is $56,760, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Martha Vinyard Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Ponchatoula High School, is about 0.4 miles from Martha Vinyard Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Martha Vinyard Elementary School is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Martha Vinyard Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment at Martha Vinyard Elementary School dropped 14% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 685 to 589 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
Discussions about Martha Vinyard Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Ponchatoula
- Ponchatoula High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,163 students
- Ponchatoula Junior High SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- D.C. Reeves Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- Tucker Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Perrin Early Learning CenterElementary · 338 students
Nearby schools
- Ponchatoula High School0.4 mi · 2,067
- D.C. Reeves Elementary School2.0 mi · 688
- Tucker Memorial Elementary School2.3 mi · 633
- Ponchatoula Junior High School2.3 mi · 723
- Perrin Early Learning Center2.8 mi · 338
- Woodland Park Magnet4.8 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Martha Vinyard Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Martha Vinyard Elementary School?
Martha Vinyard Elementary School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Martha Vinyard Elementary School serve?
Martha Vinyard Elementary School serves grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Martha Vinyard Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Martha Vinyard Elementary School.
How diverse is Martha Vinyard Elementary School?
Martha Vinyard Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 13% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Martha Vinyard Elementary School in?
Martha Vinyard Elementary School is part of Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.