Enrollment
257
Elementary
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TANGIPAHOA PARISH·NCES 220168001322
Southeastern LA University Lab School
1200 North General Pershing, Hammond, LA 70402 · (985) 549-2185 · Tangipahoa Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL257 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
18.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
51 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
73.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 73.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Southeastern LA University Lab School
Southeastern LA University Lab School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern LA University Lab School this school | 257 | 19.8% | 58.3% |
| T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School Lake Charles | 300 | 15.0% | 90.0% |
| Fairfield Magnet School Shreveport | 512 | 18.6% | 80.3% |
| Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport | 495 | 17.2% | 85.2% |
| N.S.U. Elementary Lab School Natchitoches | 290 | 31.4% | 77.8% |
| A. E. Phillips Laboratory School Ruston | 412 | 10.7% | 85.7% |
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 Southeastern LA University Lab School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Tangipahoa Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #59 of 583 | #1 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #50 of 582 ▲ 8 | #1 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #30 of 587 ▲ 1 | #1 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #223 of 540 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #591 of 714 | #17 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #629 of 655 | #17 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #173 of 655 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #700 of 705 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.4% | #60 of 197 | #2 of 6 |
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
257
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 20% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 259 | 13 | 19.9:1 | 22% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 11.7 | 23.0:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 12 | 21.3:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 15 | 14.0:1 | 9% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 13 | 17.2:1 | 29% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 9 | 25.2:1 | 24% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 229 | 10 | 22.9:1 | 21% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 14 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeastern LA University Lab School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (210 to 257); teachers down 7% (15 to 14).
About Southeastern LA University Lab School
Southeastern LA University Lab School is the name of a small elementary school in Hammond, Louisiana. It enrolls 257 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 43% below the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Southeastern LA University Lab School is one of 32 schools in Tangipahoa Parish, which enrolls 19,077 students in total.
The share of White students at Southeastern LA University Lab School is 60%, a majority. The school is also 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put Tangipahoa Parish at about 61% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is lower. A total of 51 students, or 20%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tangipahoa Parish is 73%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Southeastern LA University Lab School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Southeastern LA University Lab School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.3% and a predicted 70.1%.
For the population of Tangipahoa Parish, the median household earns about $56,760 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Southeastern LA University Lab School shares Tangipahoa Parish with 32 other public schools.
About 1.3 miles separate Southeastern LA University Lab School from the closest public school, Greenville Park Leadership Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Southeastern LA University Lab School at 1st of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 255 in 2020-21 and 257 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 21.3:1 to 18.4:1.
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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 Hammond
- Hammond High Magnet SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Hammond Eastside MagnetElementary · 1,340 students
- Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary · 1,022 students
- Woodland Park MagnetElementary · 458 students
- Greenville Park Leadership AcademyMiddle · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Greenville Park Leadership Academy1.3 mi · 384
- Woodland Park Magnet1.9 mi · 458
- Natalbany Middle2.0 mi · 347
- Hammond Westside Montessori2.5 mi · 1,022
- Midway Elementary School2.9 mi · 440
- Lucille Nesom Memorial4.3 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Southeastern LA University Lab SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southeastern LA University Lab School?
Southeastern LA University Lab School enrolls approximately 257 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Southeastern LA University Lab School serve?
Southeastern LA University Lab School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southeastern LA University Lab School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southeastern LA University Lab School is approximately 18.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Southeastern LA University Lab School?
Student demographics at Southeastern LA University Lab School are roughly 60% White, 7% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Southeastern LA University Lab School public or private?
Southeastern LA University Lab School 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.