📍 Frontage Road, St. Joseph, Tensas Parish, 71366
Tensas Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in St. Joseph, Tensas Parish. The school has 178 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tensas Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tensas Elementary School enrolls 178 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 11.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Black or African American, 15% White and 2.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 145 | 81% |
| White | 27 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
147 of the school's 178 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 147 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tensas Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 34, state house district 21.
Tensas Elementary School is one of 2 schools in Tensas Parish, based in St. Joseph, Louisiana. The district serves 301 students district-wide and employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 178 students, Tensas Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 151 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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