Northshore High School

Northshore High School operates as a heavily attended 9-12 campus in Slidell, Louisiana, overseen by St. Tammany Parish. Current enrollment sits at 1,518 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 114% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Within St. Tammany Parish, which oversees 55 schools and 35,956 students, Northshore High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northshore High School logs that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest looks like 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Northshore High School has 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Northshore High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Tammany Parish (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Tammany Parish indicate median household income runs about $81,202, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, St. Tammany Parish runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), of which Northshore High School is one.

Little Oak Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northshore High School has shrank 4%, going from 1,586 students in 2018 to 1,518 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 73% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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