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Enrollment
784
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165000589
Fontainebleau Junior High School
100 Hurricane Alley, Mandeville, LA 70471 · (985) 875-7501 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Louisiana public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
254 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 7 | 389 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 395 | 50% |
Student demographics
44%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
69.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +16.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Fontainebleau Junior High School
Fontainebleau Junior High School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontainebleau Junior High School this school | 784 | 32.4% | 55.8% |
| Benton Middle School Benton | 817 | 30.1% | 50.3% |
| Benton Intermediate School Benton | 754 | 33.3% | 60.3% |
| Prairieville Middle School Prairieville | 835 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Tchefuncte Middle School Mandeville | 682 | 25.5% | 67.7% |
| Lake Harbor Middle School Mandeville | 582 | 28.4% | 65.3% |
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 Fontainebleau Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #15 of 213 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #42 of 210 ▼ 10 | #9 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #12 of 213 ▼ 1 | #2 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #21 of 197 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #17 of 220 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #122 of 195 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #132 of 195 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #206 of 214 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #94 of 162 | #10 of 15 |
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
784
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 1,123
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 784 | 55.5 | 14.1:1 | 32% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 860 | 56.2 | 15.3:1 | 35% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 877 | 46.8 | 18.8:1 | 37% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 36% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 932 | 41.8 | 22.3:1 | 30% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 938 | 58 | 16.2:1 | 32% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | 50 | 18.7:1 | 29% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 1,123 | 65 | 17.3:1 | 18% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fontainebleau Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (932 to 784); teachers up 33% (41.8 to 55.5).
About Fontainebleau Junior High School
Students in Mandeville, Louisiana, attend Fontainebleau Junior High School, a large middle-grades school. The school's 784 students are in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 78% higher than the average for middle schools in Louisiana, which is about 440.
St. Tammany Parish has 35,956 students in 55 schools, and Fontainebleau Junior High School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Fontainebleau Junior High School, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 74% of residents are White. Fontainebleau Junior High School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fontainebleau Junior High School and a ratio of 14.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 32% of enrollment. Public schools in St. Tammany Parish average 44%.
allk12 grades Fontainebleau Junior High School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Fontainebleau Junior High School is 5.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (55.8% versus 61.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish has about 272,421 residents, and the median household income is $81,202, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, St. Tammany Parish has 56 public schools and roughly 36,212 students.
Fontainebleau High School is located about 0.2 miles from Fontainebleau Junior High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Fontainebleau Junior High School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 775 in 2020-21 and 784 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.1:1) than in 2020-21 (17.6:1).
Discussions about Fontainebleau Junior High School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mandeville
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
- Lakeshore High SchoolHigh · 835 students
- Tchefuncte Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
- Lake Harbor Middle SchoolMiddle · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Fontainebleau High School0.2 mi · 1,451
- Marigny Elementary School1.4 mi · 422
- Lake Harbor Middle School1.5 mi · 582
- Magnolia Trace Elementary School1.6 mi · 355
- Gayle Sloan Middle School1.9 mi · 502
- Mandeville Junior High School3.4 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Fontainebleau Junior High SchoolHow large is Fontainebleau Junior High School?
Fontainebleau Junior High School enrolls approximately 784 students in grades 07-08.
Is Fontainebleau Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fontainebleau Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fontainebleau Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fontainebleau Junior High School is approximately 14.1:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fontainebleau Junior High School?
At Fontainebleau Junior High School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Fontainebleau Junior High School public or private?
Fontainebleau Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Tammany Parish.
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