Tucker Memorial Elementary School

Located at 310 South Third Street, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Tucker Memorial Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that caters to 633 students (grades 1 through 2), operated by Tangipahoa Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Tucker Memorial Elementary School sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Tangipahoa Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 19,077 students. Tucker Memorial Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Tucker Memorial Elementary School logs that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Tangipahoa Parish as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Tucker Memorial Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tangipahoa Parish) reports that median household income runs about $56,760, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tangipahoa Parish runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students), of which Tucker Memorial Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Ponchatoula Junior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 649 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Tucker Memorial Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.