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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001950
Whispering Forest Elementary School
38374 Spiehler Road, Slidell, LA 70458 · (985) 641-3400 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
245 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 24% |
Student demographics
63%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
65.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
Where Whispering Forest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #144 of 583 | #9 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #169 of 582 | #10 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #57 of 587 | #3 of 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #117 of 540 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #316 of 714 | #15 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #97 of 655 | #9 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #112 of 655 | #6 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #585 of 705 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #203 of 436 | #3 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
453
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 453 | 40.8 | 11.1:1 | 54% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 41.8 | 12.2:1 | 54% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 32.5 | 17.3:1 | 51% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 51% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 31.4 | 17.4:1 | 50% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 59% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 52% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 26% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whispering Forest Elementary School.
About Whispering Forest Elementary School
The public elementary school Whispering Forest Elementary School is located in Slidell, Louisiana. The school reports 453 students in pre-K through 3.
St. Tammany Parish oversees Whispering Forest Elementary School and 54 other schools, with 35,956 students in total.
White students are the majority at Whispering Forest Elementary School, with 53% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of St. Tammany Parish, the White share is about 74%. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. That is lower than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 54%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in St. Tammany Parish, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Whispering Forest Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.8% actual, 45.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
Whispering Forest Elementary School is located in St. Tammany Parish, where the median household income is $81,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides Whispering Forest Elementary School, St. Tammany Parish has 55 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Clearwood Junior High School, is about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Whispering Forest Elementary School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment gain, from 439 in 2020-21 to 453 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.1:1, from 13.7:1.
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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
- Clearwood Junior High School0.7 mi · 539
- Alton Elementary School1.1 mi · 208
- Bonne Ecole Elementary School2.1 mi · 651
- Slidell High School2.3 mi · 1,654
- Boyet Junior High School2.3 mi · 644
- Little Oak Middle School2.5 mi · 847
Frequently asked questions
About Whispering Forest Elementary SchoolHow large is Whispering Forest Elementary School?
Whispering Forest Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-03.
Is Whispering Forest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whispering Forest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Whispering Forest Elementary School have?
Whispering Forest Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whispering Forest Elementary School?
At Whispering Forest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Whispering Forest Elementary School in?
Whispering Forest Elementary School is part of St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.