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Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 6

Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School, Madisonville, LA

Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School is a public elementary school in Madisonville, part of St. Tammany Parish. It enrolled 1,480 students in 2024-25, with 16.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,480
Teachers (FTE)
90.0
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
3 to 6

This school's ratio is 3.6 higher than the district figure of 12.8. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.4
District12.8
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
133 Pine Creek Drive, Madisonville, LA 70447
Phone
(985)792-0156
District
St. Tammany Parish
County
St. Tammany Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
220165002329
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
248
Reduced-price lunch
72
Free or reduced-price lunch
32021.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
232Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in St. Tammany Parish

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.