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Enrollment
682
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165010403
Tchefuncte Middle School
1530 West Causeway Approach, Mandeville, LA 70471 · (985) 626-7118 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
174 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 223 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 249 | 37% |
| Grade 6 | 210 | 31% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
66.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Tchefuncte Middle School
Tchefuncte Middle School's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tchefuncte Middle School this school | 682 | 25.5% | 67.7% |
| Lake Harbor Middle School Mandeville | 582 | 28.4% | 65.3% |
| Madisonville Junior High School Madisonville | 647 | 21.2% | 54.3% |
| Mandeville Junior High School Mandeville | 510 | 22.9% | 62.8% |
| Benton Middle School Benton | 817 | 30.1% | 50.3% |
| Gayle Sloan Middle School Mandeville | 502 | 21.7% | 64.3% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Tchefuncte Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #5 of 213 | #1 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #5 of 210 ▲ 1 | #2 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #17 of 213 ▼ 9 | #5 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #15 of 197 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #32 of 220 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #92 of 195 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #160 of 195 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #210 of 214 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #99 of 162 | #11 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
682
+67 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 682 | 51.1 | 13.3:1 | 26% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 52.9 | 13.1:1 | 25% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 36.6 | 19.0:1 | 24% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 19% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 39.6 | 20.3:1 | 17% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 24% (189) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tchefuncte Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (804 to 682); teachers up 29% (39.6 to 51.1).
About Tchefuncte Middle School
Tchefuncte Middle School, located in Mandeville, Louisiana, is a large middle-grades school. Its grade span covers grades 4 through 6, with 682 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in Louisiana enroll around 440, and this school is 55% larger than that mark.
Across its 55 schools, St. Tammany Parish enrolls 35,956 students. Tchefuncte Middle School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Tchefuncte Middle School is 81%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tchefuncte Middle School scores 33%.
A staff of 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.3:1. The gap from the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana is 27.7 students per teacher. By family income, 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Tammany Parish is 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tchefuncte Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Louisiana public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Tchefuncte Middle School is 1.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 67.7%. Predicted: 66.0%.
In the wider St. Tammany Parish area, median household income comes to about $81,202, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. St. Tammany Parish's 56 public schools enroll about 36,212 students and include Tchefuncte Middle School.
Pontchartrain Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tchefuncte Middle School ranks 1st of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 615 to 682, an 11% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.6:1 to 13.3:1.
The Tchefuncte Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Tammany Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
272,421
Census ACS
Median income
$81,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
36,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Tammany Parish
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Mandeville
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Lakeshore High SchoolHigh · 835 students
- Fontainebleau Junior High SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Lake Harbor Middle SchoolMiddle · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Pontchartrain Elementary School0.0 mi · 636
- Mandeville High School0.5 mi · 2,006
- Mandeville Elementary School2.0 mi · 508
- Mandeville Junior High School2.3 mi · 510
- Woodlake Elementary School3.4 mi · 442
- Marigny Elementary School3.5 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Tchefuncte Middle SchoolHow many students attend Tchefuncte Middle School?
Tchefuncte Middle School enrolls approximately 682 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Tchefuncte Middle School serve?
Tchefuncte Middle School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Tchefuncte Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Tchefuncte Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Tchefuncte Middle School?
Student demographics at Tchefuncte Middle School are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tchefuncte Middle School in?
Tchefuncte Middle School is part of St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.