Abita Springs Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Abita Springs, Louisiana, Abita Springs Middle School teaches 435 students from grades 4 through 6, one of the schools within St. Tammany Parish.

Abita Springs Middle School is one of 55 schools operated by St. Tammany Parish, a district that caters to 35,956 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Abita Springs Middle School shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with St. Tammany Parish as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Abita Springs Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Abita Springs Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Tammany Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,202 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Tammany Parish runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), of which Abita Springs Middle School is one.

Abita Springs Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Abita Springs Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Abita Springs Middle School has decreased 16%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 6% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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