Boyet Junior High School

Boyet Junior High School, an average-sized junior high in Slidell, Louisiana, one of the schools within St. Tammany Parish, caters to 644 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 440.

Across the 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish (35,956 students total), Boyet Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Boyet Junior High School reports that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest is composed of 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, St. Tammany Parish as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Boyet Junior High School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Boyet Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Boyet Junior High School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.8%; Boyet Junior High School posts 42.3%, -13.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Tammany Parish put median household income runs about $81,202, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Boyet Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Little Oak Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boyet Junior High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Boyet Junior High School's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 778 (now 644). The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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