📍 40105 Dunson Road, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, 70454
Martha Vinyard Elementary School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish. The school has 733 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district. It serves grades 5–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Martha Vinyard Elementary School enrolls 733 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% White, 38% Black or African American and 9.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 342 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 280 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
465 of the school's 733 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 418 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Martha Vinyard Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 11, state house district 73.
Martha Vinyard Elementary 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 733 students, Martha Vinyard Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 596 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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