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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001313
Midway Elementary School
48405 Hwy 51, Tickfaw, LA 70466 · (985) 345-2376 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
380 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 | 83 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
Student demographics
59%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
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +14.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Midway Elementary School
Midway Elementary School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway Elementary School this school | 440 | 86.4% | 21.3% |
| Lucille Cherbonnier School Waggaman | 466 | 86.1% | 11.6% |
| Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School Marrero | 414 | 85.0% | 19.2% |
| Live Oak Elementary School Lafayette | 520 | 81.9% | 24.5% |
| Lucille Nesom Memorial Tickfaw | 414 | 83.1% | 14.8% |
| Independence Leadership Academy Independence | 548 | 87.8% | 12.3% |
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 Midway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #431 of 583 | #9 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #461 of 582 ▼ 151 | #11 of 15 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #370 of 587 ▲ 95 | #5 of 15 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #155 of 540 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #331 of 714 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #177 of 655 | #6 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #178 of 655 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #179 of 705 | #5 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #390 of 436 | #9 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
440
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 440 | 36.3 | 12.1:1 | 86% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 29.2 | 15.5:1 | 79% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 81% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 67% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 24.1 | 18.9:1 | 60% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | N/A | N/A | 93% (642) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 90% (665) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 78% (419) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (455 to 440); teachers up 51% (24.1 to 36.3).
About Midway Elementary School
Federal records list Midway Elementary School as an elementary school in Tickfaw, Louisiana. The school covers pre-K through 3 and reported 440 students in 2024-25.
Tangipahoa Parish is the district for Midway Elementary School. It has 32 schools and 19,077 students.
Black students are 59% of those enrolled at Midway Elementary School. Next come 18% White, 17% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 29% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Midway Elementary School scores 59%.
Midway Elementary School has 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.8 students per teacher. At Midway Elementary School, 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 73% average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish, the school's rate is higher.
Midway Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% 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 22.1% for Midway Elementary School. The school posts 21.3%, within a point of the prediction.
In the wider Tangipahoa Parish area, median household income comes to about $56,760, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tangipahoa Parish counts 33 public schools with about 19,077 students.
The closest school to Midway Elementary School is Natalbany Middle, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Midway Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 23 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 17.1:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 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
- Lucille Nesom MemorialElementary · 414 students
- Natalbany MiddleMiddle · 347 students
Other Midway Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Midway Elementary. Midway Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 22.
- Midway Elementary SchoolAlpharetta, GA · 1,022 students
- Midway ElementaryLexington, SC · 856 students
- MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 789 students
- Midway ElementaryAnderson, SC · 675 students
- Midway ElementaryDes Moines, WA · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Natalbany Middle0.9 mi · 347
- Lucille Nesom Memorial1.4 mi · 414
- Southeastern LA University Lab School2.9 mi · 257
- Greenville Park Leadership Academy4.2 mi · 384
- Woodland Park Magnet4.7 mi · 458
- Hammond Westside Montessori5.0 mi · 1,022
Frequently asked questions
About Midway Elementary SchoolHow large is Midway Elementary School?
Midway Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-03.
Is Midway Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Midway Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Midway Elementary School have?
Midway Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Midway Elementary School?
Student demographics at Midway Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 59% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Midway Elementary School in?
Midway Elementary School is part of Tangipahoa Parish.
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