📍 403 South Laurel Street, Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, 70422
Amite High Magnet is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish. The school has 445 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 82%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Amite High Magnet enrolls 445 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 9.9% White and 3.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 366 | 82% |
| White | 44 | 9.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
378 of the school's 445 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 351 qualify for free lunch and 27 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 High Magnet 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 High Magnet 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 445 students, Amite High Magnet 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