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What do students at Gayle Sloan Middle School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001286
Gayle Sloan Middle School
2525 Soult Street, Mandeville, LA 70448 · (985) 626-8778 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
109 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
76.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
502
-171 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 20.7:1
% White
80%
was 84%
% Hispanic
12%
was 7%
% Black
4%
was 6%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gayle Sloan Middle School
Gayle Sloan Middle School, a mid-tier middle school in Mandeville, Louisiana, one of the schools within St. Tammany Parish, works with 502 students, covering grades 4 through 6.
Within St. Tammany Parish, which oversees 55 schools and 35,956 students, Gayle Sloan Middle School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Gayle Sloan Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Gayle Sloan Middle School records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Gayle Sloan Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Tammany Parish runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gayle Sloan Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.4%, the actual is 66.3%, a residual of -2.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Tammany Parish put the typical household earns roughly $81,202 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across St. Tammany Parish's 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), Gayle Sloan Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Magnolia Trace Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gayle Sloan Middle School. On composite proficiency, Gayle Sloan Middle School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.
Gayle Sloan Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gayle Sloan Middle School has edged down 25%, going from 673 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 7% to 12%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Gayle Sloan Middle School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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
- Fontainebleau Junior High SchoolMiddle · 784 students
- Tchefuncte Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Magnolia Trace Elementary School0.7 mi · 355
- Lake Harbor Middle School0.7 mi · 582
- Marigny Elementary School0.9 mi · 422
- Fontainebleau Junior High School1.9 mi · 784
- Fontainebleau High School2.1 mi · 1,451
- Woodlake Elementary School2.2 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Gayle Sloan Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gayle Sloan Middle School?
Gayle Sloan Middle School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Gayle Sloan Middle School serve?
Gayle Sloan Middle School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gayle Sloan Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gayle Sloan Middle School is approximately 13.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gayle Sloan Middle School?
Student demographics at Gayle Sloan Middle School are roughly 80% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Gayle Sloan Middle School public or private?
Gayle Sloan Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.