📍 301 Vernon Avenue, Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, 70422
Amite Elementary Magnet School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish. The school has 433 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Amite Elementary Magnet School enrolls 433 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Black or African American, 12% White and 4.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 344 | 79% |
| White | 51 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
379 of the school's 433 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 366 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Amite Elementary Magnet School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-50, state senate district 12, state house district 72.
Amite Elementary Magnet School is one of 32 schools in Tangipahoa Parish, based in Amite, Louisiana. The district serves 19,077 students district-wide and employs 1,109 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 433 students, Amite Elementary Magnet School is smaller than the district average of about 596 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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