Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001309
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy
1459 I 55 Service Rd, Kentwood, LA 70403 · (985) 229-8225 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- AThree-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
10.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
300 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
17%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
23.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
16.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy this school | 314 | 95.5% | 14.8% |
| Rayville Elementary School Rayville | 333 | 94.9% | 5.7% |
| St. Charles Street Elementary School Jeanerette | 328 | 94.5% | 27.5% |
| Ville Platte Elementary School Ville Platte | 319 | 95.0% | 12.3% |
| Martin Park Elementary School Alexandria | 281 | 97.2% | 17.0% |
| Progress Elementary School Baton Rouge | 300 | 96.3% | 18.5% |
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 O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #515 of 583 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #496 of 582 ▼ 23 | #13 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #504 of 587 ▼ 4 | #12 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #74 of 540 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #524 of 714 | #15 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #48 of 655 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #564 of 655 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #47 of 705 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #234 of 436 | #2 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
314
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 314 | 30.9 | 10.2:1 | 96% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 21.3 | 16.0:1 | 88% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 22.7 | 14.7:1 | 94% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 83% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 22.2 | 16.7:1 | 76% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | N/A | N/A | 99% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 99% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 98% (464) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (370 to 314); teachers up 39% (22.2 to 30.9).
About O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy
In Kentwood, Louisiana, part of Tangipahoa Parish, O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is an elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 314 students. That is 31% below the average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is one school in Tangipahoa Parish, a system of 32 schools with 19,077 students.
Black students are 91% of those enrolled at O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy. The next largest groups are 5% White and 4% multiracial. In Tangipahoa Parish overall, about 29% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy are from different groups.
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy lists 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.2 students per teacher. The school's 10.2:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 96% of the student body. The gap from the 73% average for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish is 23 points.
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 14.8%, compared with a predicted 15.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Tangipahoa Parish is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,760 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Tangipahoa Parish number 33, with about 19,077 students.
Among nearby public schools, Kentwood High Magnet School is closest at about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The school's 14.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 4% across 4 years, from 326 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25. The ratio was 17.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.2:1 in 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 Kentwood
- Jewel M. Sumner High SchoolHigh · 428 students
- Chesbrough Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Jewel M. Sumner Middle SchoolMiddle · 306 students
- Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Kentwood High Magnet SchoolHigh · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Kentwood High Magnet School0.9 mi · 259
- Spring Creek Elementary School4.8 mi · 292
- Jewel M. Sumner Middle School5.1 mi · 306
- Jewel M. Sumner High School5.3 mi · 428
- Osyka Elementary School6.1 mi · 214
- Chesbrough Elementary School7.0 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About O.W. Dillon Leadership AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy?
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy serve?
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is approximately 10.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy?
At O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 1% Hispanic, 91% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy public or private?
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tangipahoa Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.