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Independence Magnet

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Public Grades
282
Students ?
15.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
61.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 300 West Second Street
       Independence, LA  70443

(985) 878-4376

District: Tangipahoa Parish

Racial breakdown:

African American:
53.9%
White:
22.0%
Hispanic:
19.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 34th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2022
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (29% vs 61% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 29 percentile points since 2015
!Social Studies scores 36 pts below the Louisiana average
Students meeting standards (2021-2022) ?
This school29%
District avg49%
Louisiana avg61%
Not ranked this year
Independence Magnet did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
87th of 118Tangipahoa Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201838.1438 of 72839.8%★★☆☆☆
201724.1606 of 73918.0%★☆☆☆☆
20169.7697 of 7426.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201519.8672 of 79215.2%★☆☆☆☆
201416.4698 of 77710.2%★☆☆☆☆
201344.3461 of 77240.3%★★☆☆☆
201236.1526 of 76431.2%★★☆☆☆
201140.5504 of 76634.2%★★☆☆☆
201015.5671 of 7368.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20097.6713 of 7383.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200818.1645 of 74313.2%★☆☆☆☆
200721.0613 of 72515.4%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20226.0436 of 4605.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.4395 of 45913.9%★☆☆☆☆
201929.0340 of 44924.3%★☆☆☆☆
201825.3319 of 41122.4%★☆☆☆☆
201716.4374 of 43714.4%★☆☆☆☆
201624.0354 of 43518.6%★☆☆☆☆
201539.8320 of 48233.6%★★☆☆☆
201432.6338 of 47028.1%★☆☆☆☆
201335.4316 of 45730.9%★★☆☆☆
201230.4331 of 44225.1%★☆☆☆☆
201134.3313 of 41224.0%★☆☆☆☆
201018.3370 of 4089.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200921.8365 of 42514.1%★☆☆☆☆
200824.5339 of 41317.9%★☆☆☆☆
200720.4339 of 39614.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20227.4349 of 3603.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.9310 of 35211.9%★☆☆☆☆
201936.1218 of 33835.5%★★☆☆☆
201835.7218 of 31330.4%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201994.52 of 3894.7%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20226.2417 of 4415.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.5395 of 44110.4%★☆☆☆☆
201938.1285 of 41831.8%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202219.3139 of 16314.7%★☆☆☆☆
202126.9122 of 15320.3%★☆☆☆☆
201944.779 of 12838.3%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20227.2431 of 4585.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.7391 of 45514.1%★☆☆☆☆
201933.1311 of 43027.7%★☆☆☆☆
201835.6285 of 40329.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20229.6403 of 4428.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202121.3354 of 44219.9%★☆☆☆☆
201922.1337 of 41819.4%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20229.9202 of 2061.9%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20221.8360 of 3620.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.4342 of 3584.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201937.4250 of 35028.6%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
English Language Learner (2019)95th percentile+70 vs school
Hispanic (2022)15th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2022)9th percentile+4 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2022)6th percentile~ school
Female (2022)5th percentile~ school
African American (2022)3rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2022)2nd percentile-3 vs school
White (2022)1st percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2021-2022) ?
English Language Arts40%-29 vs state
Mathematics21%-33 vs state
Social Studies17%-36 vs state

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In the 2021-22 school year, 282 students attended Independence Magnet.

Students at Independence Magnet are 54% African American, 22% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.


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