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Alumni: what's one memory from Little Oak Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
847
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001648
Little Oak Middle School
59241 Rebel Drive, Slidell, LA 70461 · (985) 641-6510 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL847 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
14.2:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
351 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 4 | 301 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 281 | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 265 | 31% |
Student demographics
59%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
59.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 59 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Little Oak Middle School
Little Oak Middle School's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Oak Middle School this school | 847 | 41.4% | 52.2% |
| Harry M. Hurst Middle School Destrehan | 685 | 41.3% | 48.7% |
| Prairieville Middle School Prairieville | 835 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| Boyet Junior High School Slidell | 644 | 39.8% | 42.3% |
| W. W. Lewis Middle School Sulphur | 757 | 44.9% | 46.8% |
| J.B. Martin Middle School Paradis | 733 | 40.5% | 46.0% |
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 Little Oak Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #21 of 213 | #8 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #39 of 210 ▼ 21 | #7 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #34 of 213 ▼ 5 | #8 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #32 of 197 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 847 | #8 of 220 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #124 of 195 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #75 of 195 | #8 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #194 of 214 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #61 of 162 | #4 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
847
+66 (+8%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 847 | 59.7 | 14.2:1 | 41% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 907 | 59 | 15.4:1 | 45% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 929 | 48.5 | 19.1:1 | 41% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 43% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 1,079 | 47.3 | 22.8:1 | 41% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 1,034 | 68 | 15.2:1 | 41% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 1,036 | 60 | 17.3:1 | 37% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 993 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 23% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 871 | 46 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Oak Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,079 to 847); teachers up 26% (47.3 to 59.7).
About Little Oak Middle School
Families in Slidell, Louisiana, are served by Little Oak Middle School, a large middle-grades school. The school counts 847 students across grades 4 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students.
St. Tammany Parish includes 55 schools. Together they enroll 35,956 students.
White students make up a majority at Little Oak Middle School, at 59%. The remaining students are 20% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show St. Tammany Parish is about 74% White. Little Oak Middle School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 59.7 full-time equivalents, or about 14.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 26.8 below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 41%.
Little Oak Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Little Oak Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.2%; the prediction is 54.5%.
St. Tammany Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $81,202, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. St. Tammany Parish is home to 56 public schools and about 36,212 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Boyet Junior High School is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Little Oak Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Little Oak Middle School comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Little Oak Middle School's enrollment climbed from 781 in 2020-21 to 847 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 17.0:1 to 14.2:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Little Oak Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Henry Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Slidell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 724 students
Nearby schools
- Boyet Junior High School0.1 mi · 644
- Northshore High School1.3 mi · 1,518
- Honey Island Elementary School1.5 mi · 607
- Cypress Cove Elementary School1.6 mi · 593
- Bonne Ecole Elementary School1.7 mi · 651
- Clearwood Junior High School1.8 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Little Oak Middle SchoolHow large is Little Oak Middle School?
Little Oak Middle School enrolls approximately 847 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Little Oak Middle School serve?
Little Oak Middle School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Little Oak Middle School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Little Oak Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Little Oak Middle School?
Student demographics at Little Oak Middle School are roughly 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Little Oak Middle School in?
Little Oak Middle School is part of St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.