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Tangipahoa Parish

Amite, Louisiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

19,077
Students enrolled
33
Public schools
1,460
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 780
  • Kindergarten 1,366
  • Grade 1 1,447
  • Grade 2 1,448
  • Grade 3 1,459
  • Grade 4 1,419
  • Grade 5 1,377
  • Grade 6 1,345
  • Grade 7 1,377
  • Grade 8 1,402
  • Grade 9 1,502
  • Grade 10 1,450
  • Grade 11 1,285
  • Grade 12 1,420

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 48%
  • White 35%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 13,981 of 19,077 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 66%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,182 spent per student on day-to-day operations Louisiana median: $16,090 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,252
  • Support services $5,163
  • Other (food service, etc.) $766

Where the money comes from

  • Local 33%
  • State 43%
  • Federal 24%

Total revenue $326.6 milliontotal spending $312.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 75% rural, 14% suburb, 11% city

Total staff (FTE)

2,783

District office

59656 Puleston Road, Amite LA 70422

County

Tangipahoa Parish

Official website

NCES District ID

2201680

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About Tangipahoa Parish

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Tangipahoa Parish School District is currently the largest employer in Tangipahoa Parish with approximately 2,600 employees serving 19,436 students.
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Public Schools in Tangipahoa Parish (39)

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