Summary:
The city of Mandeville, Louisiana, is home to 14 public schools serving grades PK-12, all part of the highly-ranked St. Tammany Parish School District, and consistently outperforms state averages in academics and attendance. Pontchartrain Elementary School stands out as the top-ranked school in the city, sitting in the 96th percentile of all Louisiana elementary schools, while Mandeville High School is the academic powerhouse among high schools, boasting the highest test scores, a 90% graduation rate, and the lowest dropout rate. In middle school, Tchefuncte Middle School leads with exceptional math and English proficiency rates, and L.P. Monteleone Junior High School is a unique standout with the smallest student body and a perfect 100% proficiency rate on the Algebra I End-of-Course exam.
Key metrics reveal a district-wide strength in low chronic absenteeism, with a city average of roughly 13.5% compared to the state's 22.5%, and every single school falls below the state average. The average student-teacher ratio is a favorable 12.2:1, and the average free/reduced lunch rate is 28.5%, indicating a relatively affluent community. A notable pattern is the "middle school dip" in math, where 8th-grade proficiency drops significantly compared to 7th-grade across all three junior highs, such as at Mandeville Junior High School where it falls from 87% to 73%.
Interesting findings include a clear "feeder school" effect, where top-performing high schools like Mandeville High and Lakeshore High School are fed by the highest-performing middle schools, while Fontainebleau High School is fed by Fontainebleau Junior High School, which has the highest chronic absenteeism rate among junior highs. Additionally, Woodlake Elementary School is a notable outlier showing a clear downward trend, dropping from the 93rd to the 82nd percentile in recent years, making it a school to watch for potential changes.
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