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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001949
Honey Island Elementary School
500 South Military Road, Slidell, LA 70461 · (985) 641-3557 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- FThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
279 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 313 | 52% |
| Grade 3 | 294 | 48% |
Student demographics
62%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
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -16.0pp since 2022
Math
42.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 16 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Honey Island Elementary School
Honey Island Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Island Elementary School this school | 607 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Slidell | 593 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Sun City Elementary School Bossier City | 492 | 49.4% | 41.2% |
| Stockwell Place Elementary School Bossier City | 496 | 44.0% | 65.7% |
| A.C. Steere Elementary School Shreveport | 443 | 46.5% | 41.0% |
| Oak Grove Primary School Prairieville | 725 | 40.7% | 69.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary 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 Honey Island Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #166 of 583 | #12 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #205 of 582 ▲ 55 | #15 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #169 of 587 ▼ 54 | #11 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #39 of 540 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #141 of 714 | #9 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #325 of 655 | #25 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #135 of 655 | #9 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #640 of 705 | #19 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #405 of 436 | #14 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
607
+105 (+21%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 607 | 45.5 | 13.4:1 | 46% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 44.1 | 14.1:1 | 48% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 35.6 | 17.3:1 | 47% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 45% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 47% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 48% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 38% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 16% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 894 | 43 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Honey Island Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (620 to 607); teachers up 23% (37 to 45.5).
About Honey Island Elementary School
Honey Island Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Slidell, Louisiana, (ZIP code 70461). Enrollment stands at 607 students, covering grades 2 through 3. That puts enrollment 34% larger than the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
The St. Tammany Parish system has 55 schools and 35,956 students.
At Honey Island Elementary School, 56% of students are White. The remaining students are 20% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show St. Tammany Parish is about 74% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
Honey Island Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Lunch program data show 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in St. Tammany Parish average a similar 44%.
Honey Island Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Honey Island Elementary School scores 44.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 51.3%.
Looking at the county, St. Tammany Parish, median household income comes to about $81,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 56 public schools and about 36,212 students.
Honey Island Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Cypress Cove Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Honey Island Elementary School is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Honey Island Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
From 502 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 607 by 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in Slidell
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Salmen High SchoolHigh · 1,091 students
- W.L. Abney ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Little Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Henry Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
Nearby schools
- Cypress Cove Elementary School0.2 mi · 593
- Little Oak Middle School1.5 mi · 847
- Northshore High School1.6 mi · 1,518
- Boyet Junior High School1.6 mi · 644
- Bonne Ecole Elementary School3.1 mi · 651
- Clearwood Junior High School3.2 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Honey Island Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Honey Island Elementary School?
Honey Island Elementary School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does Honey Island Elementary School serve?
Honey Island Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
How many teachers does Honey Island Elementary School have?
Honey Island Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Honey Island Elementary School?
Student demographics at Honey Island Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Honey Island Elementary School in?
Honey Island Elementary School is part of St. Tammany Parish.
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