Summary:
The city of Loranger, Louisiana, is served by three public schools—Loranger Elementary School, Loranger Middle School, and Loranger High School—all part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district, which ranks in the 21st percentile statewide. These schools serve approximately 2,006 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with a high level of economic disadvantage reflected in free/reduced lunch rates ranging from 61.69% to 74.25%.
Loranger Middle School stands out for its exceptional performance in advanced coursework, achieving a perfect 100% proficiency rate on the English I End-of-Course exam in 2024-2025—46 percentage points above the district average and 33 points above the state average. Loranger High School excels in graduation rates, with an 88.6% rate that surpasses both the district (80.1%) and state (85.0%) averages, despite having the highest chronic absenteeism rate (42.6%) in the district. Loranger Elementary School, the largest school with 800 students, shows strong 4th-grade performance where math (69%) and ELA (73%) proficiency meet or exceed state averages, even as its 3rd-grade scores lag behind.
Chronic absenteeism is a critical issue across all schools, with rates from 29.9% at the middle school to 42.6% at the high school—all well above the state average of 22.5%. Test score proficiency in mathematics and English Language Arts generally trails state averages, with Social Studies being a consistent district-wide weakness, particularly the high school's 31% U.S. History proficiency. Student-teacher ratios are favorable, ranging from 14.2:1 to 15.6:1, suggesting smaller class sizes. The high school's dropout rate (3.3%) is slightly above the state average but better than the district average (4.4%), while the middle school's rate (1.8%) is notably low.
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