Fontainebleau High School

Located at 100 Bulldog Drive, in Mandeville, Louisiana, Fontainebleau High School is a well-populated high school that educates 1,451 students (grades 9 through 12), run under St. Tammany Parish. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 104% bigger than typical.

St. Tammany Parish comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 35,956 students; Fontainebleau High School is among them.

On demographics, Fontainebleau High School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Black, 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Fontainebleau High School lists 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Tammany Parish (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Tammany Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $81,202, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fontainebleau High School is one of 56 public schools in St. Tammany Parish (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fontainebleau Junior High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fontainebleau High School has fell 16%, going from 1,734 students in 2018 to 1,451 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 73%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.