Bonne Ecole Elementary School

Bonne Ecole Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Slidell, Louisiana, run under St. Tammany Parish. Current enrollment sits at 651 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Bonne Ecole Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 23% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, St. Tammany Parish as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Bonne Ecole Elementary School reports 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Bonne Ecole Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Tammany Parish runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bonne Ecole Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.2%; this one delivers 40.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for St. Tammany Parish put median household income runs about $81,202, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across St. Tammany Parish's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), Bonne Ecole Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Slidell High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bonne Ecole Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bonne Ecole Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 770 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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