Summary:
In zip code 70401, there is one middle school, Greenville Park Leadership Academy, serving grades 4 through 8 in Hammond, Louisiana, a community where nearly 9 out of 10 students face economic disadvantage.
Greenville Park Leadership Academy is the sole middle school in this area and faces significant challenges. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Louisiana middle schools, earning a 0-star rating for the last three school years. Academic proficiency is well below district and state averages, with only 31% of students proficient in Mathematics, 42% in English Language Arts, and 26% in Social Studies. Chronic absenteeism is a major concern at 34.0%, notably higher than the state average of 22.5%. However, the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1, which could allow for more individualized attention, and its dropout rate of 1.5% is significantly lower than both the district (4.4%) and state (3.1%) averages, suggesting the school is effective at keeping students enrolled.
Despite the low overall performance, there are some positive trends. Year-over-year test scores show slight improvement, with Mathematics proficiency rising from 26% to 31% and English Language Arts from 41% to 42% between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. Social Studies is the weakest subject area, trailing the state average by 29 percentage points, and 7th grade appears to be a critical point of decline in ELA proficiency. The school is part of the Tangipahoa Parish school district, which is ranked in the 21st percentile statewide.
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