Whispering Forest Elementary School

Whispering Forest Elementary School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Slidell, Louisiana, part of St. Tammany Parish, with 453 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3.

St. Tammany Parish comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 35,956 students; Whispering Forest Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whispering Forest Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Whispering Forest Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 54% of students at Whispering Forest Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Tammany Parish (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Whispering Forest Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Tammany Parish put median household earnings sit near $81,202, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Whispering Forest Elementary School is one of 56 public schools in St. Tammany Parish (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students).

The closest other public school is Clearwood Junior High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whispering Forest Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Whispering Forest Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 547 (now 453). White enrollment moved from 72% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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