Spring Creek Elementary School

Spring Creek Elementary School is an elementary school of compact scale in Kentwood, Louisiana, run under Tangipahoa Parish, works with 292 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spring Creek Elementary School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Tangipahoa Parish as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spring Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tangipahoa Parish shows median household earnings sit near $56,760, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Spring Creek Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Tangipahoa Parish (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students).

Jewel M. Sumner High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Spring Creek Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spring Creek Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 19.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Creek Elementary School has shrank 13%, going from 335 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 39% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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