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Tensas Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
231st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 666 Louisiana Elementary Schools
Better than 65% of Louisiana elementary schools
Summary

Tensas Elementary School is a public elementary school in Saint Joseph, Louisiana, serving 184 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Tensas Parish School District, which is ranked 78 out of 118 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tensas Elementary has shown a mixed academic performance compared to state and parish averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school performed better than the state in 4th grade Mathematics and 4th grade English Language Arts, but lower in 5th grade Mathematics and 3rd grade English Language Arts. Over the past few years, the school's overall performance has fluctuated, with some grades performing better and others performing worse than the state. The school has shown strong performance for African American students and low socioeconomic status students, but lower performance for male students.

One significant challenge for Tensas Elementary is its high rate of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 21.9% to 43.8% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school also serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 66.67% to 89.13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite these challenges, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 15.3 to 16.6 over the past few years, which could be a positive factor in supporting student learning.

154
Students ?
12.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,688
Per pupil spending ?
96.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 Frontage Road
       Saint Joseph, LA  71366

(318) 766-3346

District: Tensas Parish


Students who attend Tensas Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Tensas High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
83.1%
White:
9.1%
Hispanic:
3.9%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 25th percentile in 2015 → 65th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Louisiana average (71% vs 65% meeting standards)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 40 percentile points since 2015
✓Above the Louisiana median (65th percentile)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school71%
District avg68%
Louisiana avg65%
231st of 666
Louisiana public elementary schools ?
Top 35%▲ up 40 pts since 2015
From bottom 25% (2015) to top 35% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
78th of 118Tensas 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)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202568.1231 of 66665.3%★★★☆☆
202463.5271 of 67559.9%★★★☆☆
202345.1424 of 73041.9%★★☆☆☆
202233.2505 of 72730.5%★★☆☆☆
202142.9425 of 72941.7%★★☆☆☆
201920.9617 of 73115.6%★☆☆☆☆
201815.0635 of 72812.8%★☆☆☆☆
201718.8644 of 73912.9%★☆☆☆☆
201634.5537 of 74227.6%★☆☆☆☆
201530.2594 of 79225.0%★☆☆☆☆
201447.4442 of 77743.1%★★☆☆☆
201338.1528 of 77231.6%★★☆☆☆
201232.9558 of 76427.0%★☆☆☆☆
201136.5534 of 76630.3%★★☆☆☆
201028.1570 of 73622.6%★☆☆☆☆
200936.4507 of 73831.3%★★☆☆☆
200831.3539 of 74327.5%★☆☆☆☆
200733.5527 of 72527.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202579.564 of 50187.2%★★★★☆
202475.1103 of 50979.8%★★★★☆
202353.3252 of 57055.8%★★★☆☆
202247.8279 of 56250.4%★★★☆☆
202160.8188 of 56466.7%★★★☆☆
201931.5431 of 55922.9%★☆☆☆☆
201840.5357 of 54734.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202565.6223 of 63364.8%★★★☆☆
202463.1252 of 63560.3%★★★☆☆
202352.9352 of 70550.1%★★★☆☆
202229.6532 of 70124.1%★☆☆☆☆
202154.0346 of 70550.9%★★★☆☆
201936.5487 of 68428.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202574.7147 of 66177.8%★★★★☆
202464.3248 of 67463.2%★★★☆☆
202346.6409 of 72343.4%★★☆☆☆
202238.2464 of 72435.9%★★☆☆☆
202149.3373 of 71948.1%★★☆☆☆
201924.4585 of 69716.1%★☆☆☆☆
201830.6533 of 68221.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202559.1291 of 64154.6%★★★☆☆
202459.3283 of 65156.5%★★★☆☆
202330.2517 of 71327.5%★☆☆☆☆
202223.0563 of 71220.9%★☆☆☆☆
202127.5518 of 70426.4%★☆☆☆☆
201912.4653 of 6966.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
African American (2025)87th percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile+12 vs school
Female (2025)65th percentile~ school
Male (2025)55th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts73%+3 vs state
Mathematics70%+8 vs state

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Students who attend Tensas Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Tensas High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 154 students attended Tensas Elementary School.

Students at Tensas Elementary School are 83% African American, 9% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Tensas Elementary School ranks 231st of 666 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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