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Schools in Tickfaw

Tickfaw’s public schools

Tangipahoa Parish School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tickfaw. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/8schools above Louisiana’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Louisiana’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
33%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
79%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.2K
▼ 9% vs LA $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.3
LA 13.6
Schools in town
1
6,227 students on the public path
In brief

Tickfaw’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Tickfaw’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Louisiana’s 1,186 public schools. Ponchatoula High School places highest (better than 55%); Kentwood High Magnet School lowest (6%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Tickfaw, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Lucille Nesom MemorialTangipahoa Parish School DistrictC−
9–127 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Tangipahoa Parish School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Tangipahoa Parish School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 32 schools · 19,077 students · 13.3 per teacher (LA 13.6)
$14,182LA $15,623 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading33%
State average 42.4% · 9835 students tested
Math20%
State average 31.8% · 9816 students tested

Tickfaw vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Louisiana towns that share Tickfaw’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Tickfaw—Tangipahoa Parish

Every school in Tickfaw

8 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Louisiana’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Tickfawby address
Lucille Nesom Memorial
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
414 students10:1Rate it →
Also serving Tickfawin other towns
Independence High Magnet
High · Grades 7–12 · Independence
C−
490 students11:1Rate it →
Kentwood High Magnet School
High · Grades 7–12 · Kentwood
D
259 students9:1Rate it →
Ponchatoula High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Ponchatoula
B
2,067 students17:1Rate it →
Hammond High Magnet School
High · Grades 9–12 · Hammond
C
1,606 students15:1Rate it →
Loranger High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Loranger
B−
616 students14:1Rate it →
Jewel M. Sumner High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Kentwood
C+
428 students15:1Rate it →
Amite High Magnet
High · Grades 9–12 · Amite
D
347 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Tickfaw’s schools

Are Tickfaw’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Tickfaw. Tangipahoa Parish School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tickfaw. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Louisiana’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Tickfaw in?

Tangipahoa Parish School District.

Where do Tickfaw kids go to high school?

One of seven high schools, depending on your address: Ponchatoula High School, Hammond High Magnet School, Loranger High School, Independence High Magnet, Jewel M. Sumner High School, Amite High Magnet and Kentwood High Magnet School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.