The top reported proficiency rate is 40% in Math. The lowest is 27% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Spring Creek Elementary School
Spring Creek Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Kentwood, a rural town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. For a family considering this school, the picture is one of a small, community-rooted elementary where state test scores suggest considerable room for growth, set within a district facing a recent financial setback that could affect staffing and programs.
The school itself is a regular public school with a modest enrollment. The student body is predominantly White, with a substantial share of Black students and a smaller number of students identifying as two or more races; the Hispanic population is very small. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that places the school in a higher-poverty context. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the sources used for this profile, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the availability and structure of special education and language support services.
On state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year, the school's proficiency rates were below a level many families would consider strong. In math, a little under half of students scored at the proficient or advanced level. In English language arts, the rate was similar but slightly lower. Performance in science and social studies was lower, with roughly a quarter of students reaching proficiency. Because the data only covers a single year, it is not possible to say whether these results represent a trend or a single snapshot. The school serves all tested-grade students, from third through fifth, so these results reflect the full cohort in those grades.
Kentwood itself is a small, rural town with a quiet character and a grid of avenues. The population has experienced a modest decline over recent decades, and no major new housing developments are mentioned in the available sources. The town’s civic anchors include a town hall and a museum, but the walkability and street life are limited, as one would expect in a low-density, rural setting. Spring Creek Elementary is one of several elementary campuses in the town, all operated by the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
The district context matters here. In spring 2024, Tangipahoa Parish voters rejected a property tax renewal that had funded teacher salaries and school operations, which creates a revenue gap that could affect classroom conditions and staffing. The district has also recently launched a literacy overhaul tied to Louisiana's science-of-reading requirements, which changes how early reading is taught across all its elementary schools. Additionally, the district consolidated a small school in late 2023, an administrative move that signals a system managing enrollment challenges. These are district-level realities that directly affect Spring Creek, even though the school itself has not been consolidated.
Because Spring Creek serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The school has no charter or magnet designation and is not listed as a Title I school in the data available, though the high share of students receiving meal assistance suggests it may qualify for federal support programs. The comparison set that would normally place this school among other districts in Tangipahoa Parish was too small to produce a meaningful academic benchmark, so the state assessment results stand as the primary measure of academic performance.
For a family, this is a school where the student body is small and the setting is rural, where the academic numbers fall short of where many parents would want them, and where the district is navigating recent financial and programmatic changes. A parent considering Spring Creek would likely want to visit, talk with teachers about the literacy initiative, and ask how the district's budget situation is being handled at the building level.
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