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Amite, Louisiana - 32 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Tangipahoa Parish #148 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,458 per pupil, Tangipahoa Parish ranks #165 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
20,700
Total Enrollment
32
Schools
$12,458
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tangipahoa Parish operates 32 public schools serving 20,700 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 18 combined, 7 elementary, 5 high, 2 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Tangipahoa Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,458 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.2% local, 40.7% state, and 20.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 31/100, ranked #148 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 32 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 510.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.4% African American, 32.5% White, 10.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Perrin Early Learning Center, with a diversity index of 68.2/100.
Tangipahoa Parish school enrollment varies 29× across entities
Tangipahoa Parish school enrollment ranges from 72 students (lowest) to 2,067 students (highest), a spread of 1,995 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Tangipahoa Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.6% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Tangipahoa Parish student-counselor ratio is 511:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Tangipahoa Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 41.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.