Enrollment
183
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001280
Folsom Junior High School
83055 Hay Hollow Road, Folsom, LA 70437 · (985) 796-3724 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
91 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 64 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 37% |
Student demographics
49%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
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -11.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Folsom Junior High School
Folsom Junior High School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Junior High School this school | 183 | 49.7% | 47.8% |
| DeQuincy Middle School DeQuincy | 208 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
| N.S.U. Middle Lab School Natchitoches | 178 | 43.3% | 69.2% |
| Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School Roanoke | 199 | 50.8% | 32.2% |
| DeRidder Junior High School DeRidder | 287 | 50.5% | 31.2% |
| Sixth Ward Middle School Thibodaux | 236 | 44.1% | 60.2% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Folsom Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #38 of 213 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #38 of 210 ▼ 2 | #6 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #38 of 213 ▼ 11 | #10 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #40 of 197 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #201 of 220 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #177 of 214 | #9 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
183
+5 (+3%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 191
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 183 | 19.6 | 9.4:1 | 50% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 20 | 10.4:1 | 50% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 13 | 15.9:1 | 50% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 13 | 13.7:1 | 48% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 199 | 13.5 | 14.8:1 | 50% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 190 | 20 | 9.5:1 | 66% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 14 | 14.7:1 | 62% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 53% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 191 | 15 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Folsom Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (199 to 183); teachers up 45% (13.5 to 19.6).
About Folsom Junior High School
Folsom Junior High School is a public middle-grades school in Folsom, Louisiana. It reports enrollment of 183 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 58% below the average for middle schools in Louisiana.
The district, St. Tammany Parish, has 35,956 students enrolled across 55 schools.
Of every 100 students at Folsom Junior High School, about 68 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Folsom Junior High School scores 49%.
Folsom Junior High School reports a ratio of 9.4 students per teacher, from 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 41.0:1. Lunch program data show 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Folsom Junior High School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Louisiana public middle schools.
Folsom Junior High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.8% and a predicted 48.6%.
The school's county is St. Tammany Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $81,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Folsom Junior High School shares St. Tammany Parish with 55 other public schools.
Folsom Elementary School is about 1.6 miles from Folsom Junior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Folsom Junior High School is 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 5 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 9.4:1 over the same years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Folsom Elementary School1.6 mi · 453
- Lee Road Junior High School8.7 mi · 727
- Enon Elementary School9.6 mi · 263
- Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center9.6 mi · 72
- Covington High School10.9 mi · 1,600
- Louisiana Key Academy Northshore11.0 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Folsom Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Folsom Junior High School?
Folsom Junior High School enrolls approximately 183 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Folsom Junior High School serve?
Folsom Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Folsom Junior High School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Folsom Junior High School.
How diverse is Folsom Junior High School?
Folsom Junior High School reports a student body of 68% White, 10% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Folsom Junior High School public or private?
Folsom Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Tammany Parish.
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