Pontchartrain Elementary School

Pontchartrain Elementary School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Mandeville, Louisiana, operated by St. Tammany Parish, works with 636 students in grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 40% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Within St. Tammany Parish, which oversees 55 schools and 35,956 students, Pontchartrain Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Pontchartrain Elementary School shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at Pontchartrain Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below St. Tammany Parish's rate of about 44%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pontchartrain Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 61.3%.

Around the school, St. Tammany Parish reports that median household income runs about $81,202, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Tammany Parish runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), of which Pontchartrain Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tchefuncte Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pontchartrain Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pontchartrain Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 61.9%.

Pontchartrain Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 741 students in 2018 compared to 636 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Pontchartrain 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.