Alton Elementary School

Alton Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in Slidell, Louisiana, operated by St. Tammany Parish, with 208 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

Within St. Tammany Parish, which oversees 55 schools and 35,956 students, Alton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alton Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 13% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Alton Elementary School shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at Alton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Tammany Parish runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Alton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.9%; this one delivers 30.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Tammany Parish indicate median household income runs about $81,202, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Tammany Parish's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), Alton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whispering Forest Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 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), Alton Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.4%.

Alton Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alton Elementary School has rose 3%, going from 202 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 50% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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