📍 342 Florida Avenue, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, 70458
Florida Avenue Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Slidell, St. Tammany Parish. The school has 492 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Florida Avenue Elementary School enrolls 492 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 36% Black or African American and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 197 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 179 | 36% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 84 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
324 of the school's 492 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 293 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Florida Avenue Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-10, state senate district 1, state house district 76.
Florida Avenue Elementary School is one of 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish, based in Covington, Louisiana. The district serves 35,956 students district-wide and employs 2,160 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 492 students, Florida Avenue Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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