Midway Elementary School

Located at 48405 Hwy 51, in Tickfaw, Louisiana, Midway Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school that caters to 440 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under Tangipahoa Parish.

Within Tangipahoa Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 19,077 students, Midway Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Midway Elementary School records that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Tangipahoa Parish as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Midway Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tangipahoa Parish (around 73%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Midway Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Tangipahoa Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $56,760, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Tangipahoa Parish runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students), of which Midway Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Natalbany Middle, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Midway Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 24% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Midway Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.