Tallulah Elementary School

Located at 1100 Johnson Street, in Tallulah, Louisiana, Tallulah Elementary School is a compact primary school that serves 295 students (grades pre-K through 2), part of Madison Parish. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Madison Parish comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,133 students; Tallulah Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Tallulah Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%); the rest reads as 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Madison Parish shows median household income runs about $35,456, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, Madison Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,133 students), of which Tallulah Elementary School is one.

Christian Acres Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Tallulah Elementary School's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 295). The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 90% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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