📍 38374 Spiehler Road, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, 70458
Whispering Forest Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Slidell, St. Tammany Parish. The school has 560 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Whispering Forest Elementary School enrolls 560 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 24% Black or African American and 9.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 326 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 135 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 9.8% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
283 of the school's 560 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whispering Forest Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 90.
Whispering Forest 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 560 students, Whispering Forest Elementary School is close to the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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