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If you had an hour of school board time for Bayou Woods Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001716
Bayou Woods Elementary School
35614 Liberty Drive, Slidell, LA 70460 · (985) 641-1901 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
307 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -22.0pp since 2022
Math
42.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 16 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bayou Woods Elementary School
Bayou Woods Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Woods Elementary School this school | 431 | 71.2% | 33.0% |
| Pecan Grove Primary School Gonzales | 508 | 69.1% | 43.5% |
| Perrin Early Learning Center Ponchatoula | 338 | 72.2% | N/A |
| Florida Avenue Elementary School Slidell | 440 | 68.6% | 22.2% |
| Gonzales Primary School Gonzales | 455 | 73.8% | 35.5% |
| Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School River Ridge | 384 | 70.1% | 25.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bayou Woods Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #293 of 583 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #204 of 582 ▼ 57 | #14 of 23 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #305 of 587 ▲ 50 | #17 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -19.0pp | #6 of 540 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #344 of 714 | #19 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #126 of 655 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #69 of 655 | #5 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #394 of 705 | #5 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #134 of 197 | #5 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
+148 (+52%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 37.3 | 11.6:1 | 71% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 34.5 | 12.1:1 | 74% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 72% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 23 | 12.3:1 | 69% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 27.9 | 14.5:1 | 77% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 82% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 74% (591) |
| 2000-01 | 828 | 58 | 14.3:1 | 50% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 809 | 43 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayou Woods Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (403 to 431); teachers up 34% (27.9 to 37.3).
About Bayou Woods Elementary School
Bayou Woods Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Slidell, Louisiana. School enrollment was 431 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 3.
St. Tammany Parish is the local district for Bayou Woods Elementary School. It runs 55 schools with 35,956 students.
At Bayou Woods Elementary School, the largest share of students is Black, at 48%. Next come 25% White, 20% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 12% Black. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 37.3 full-time equivalents, or about 11.6 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 11.6:1 here. About 71% of students, or 307, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Tammany Parish, the average is 44%.
Bayou Woods Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bayou Woods Elementary School would score about 33.0%. It scores 33.0%, within a point of that figure.
In the county around the school, St. Tammany Parish, the median household income is $81,202, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. St. Tammany Parish is home to 56 public schools and about 36,212 public school students.
Nearest public school: Carolyn Park Middle, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Bayou Woods Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 33.0% versus a 27.5% average.
NCES assigns Bayou Woods Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Reported enrollment: 283 (2020-21) and 431 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
St. Tammany Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
272,421
Census ACS
Median income
$81,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
36,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Tammany Parish
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Slidell
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Salmen High SchoolHigh · 1,091 students
- W.L. Abney ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Little Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Henry Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
Nearby schools
- Carolyn Park Middle0.2 mi · 233
- Glynn H. Brock Elementary School1.7 mi · 345
- Slidell Junior High School1.7 mi · 724
- Florida Avenue Elementary School1.7 mi · 440
- Slidell High School2.0 mi · 1,654
- St. Tammany Junior High School2.1 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Bayou Woods Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bayou Woods Elementary School?
Bayou Woods Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-03.
Is Bayou Woods Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bayou Woods Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Bayou Woods Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Bayou Woods Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayou Woods Elementary School?
At Bayou Woods Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 20% Hispanic, 48% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bayou Woods Elementary School?
Bayou Woods Elementary School is overseen by St. Tammany Parish in St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.