O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy

O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is a cozy elementary school in Kentwood, Louisiana, run under Tangipahoa Parish. The school caters to 314 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 453.

Tangipahoa Parish comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 19,077 students; O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is among them.

Demographically, O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tangipahoa Parish runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tangipahoa Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,760 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy is one of 33 public schools in Tangipahoa Parish (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students).

Kentwood High Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.