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St. Tammany Junior High School

Public Grades 6-8
351st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 447 Louisiana Middle Schools
Better than 21% of Louisiana middle schools
Summary

St. Tammany Junior High School is a public middle school located in Slidell, Louisiana, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 764 students. The school is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district, which is ranked 19th out of 118 districts in Louisiana and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While the St. Tammany Parish district generally performs well, St. Tammany Junior High School has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 42%, compared to 69% for the district and 60% for the state. Similarly, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 57%, compared to 79% for the district and 70% for the state. The school's performance has also been declining over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 230 out of 460 Louisiana middle schools in 2021-2022 to 351 out of 447 in 2024-2025.

Additionally, St. Tammany Junior High School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 20.6% to 35.7% in recent years, and relatively high dropout rates, fluctuating between 2.2% and 4.6% over the past few years. When compared to other middle schools in the St. Tammany Parish district, such as Mandeville Middle and Lake Harbor Middle School, St. Tammany Junior High School generally underperforms in both academic achievement and student subgroup performance. These nearby schools also have lower rates of chronic absenteeism and dropout rates compared to St. Tammany Junior High School.

686
Students ?
15.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,148
Per pupil spending ?
71.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 701 Cleveland Avenue
       Slidell, LA  70458

(985) 643-1592

District: St. Tammany Parish


Students who attend St. Tammany Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Salmen High School

Feeder schools for St. Tammany Junior High School:

Elementary:    Abney Elementary Early Childhood Center
    Glynn H. Brock Elementary School
    W.L. Abney Elementary
Racial breakdown:

African American:
71.1%
White:
14.6%
Hispanic:
7.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 44th percentile in 2015 → 21st in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (50% vs 65% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 22% Louisiana)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school50%
District avg74%
Louisiana avg65%
351st of 447
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 21%▼ down 22 pts since 2015
From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Louisiana Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
11th of 11Middle Schools in the St. Tammany Parish
19th of 118St. Tammany Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202524.9351 of 44721.5%★☆☆☆☆
202424.0356 of 44920.7%★☆☆☆☆
202335.5309 of 46533.5%★★☆☆☆
202251.5230 of 46050.0%★★★☆☆
202149.6232 of 45949.5%★★☆☆☆
201946.0256 of 44943.0%★★☆☆☆
201833.7278 of 41132.4%★★☆☆☆
201734.0319 of 43727.0%★☆☆☆☆
201636.9307 of 43529.4%★☆☆☆☆
201547.9271 of 48243.8%★★☆☆☆
201447.2277 of 47041.1%★★☆☆☆
201353.8222 of 45751.4%★★★☆☆
201245.3268 of 44239.4%★★☆☆☆
201144.0272 of 41234.0%★★☆☆☆
201035.9290 of 40828.9%★☆☆☆☆
200951.1235 of 42544.7%★★☆☆☆
200842.7265 of 41335.8%★★☆☆☆
200745.9248 of 39637.4%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202535.8231 of 34432.8%★★☆☆☆
202431.6241 of 33327.6%★☆☆☆☆
202342.8197 of 36045.3%★★☆☆☆
202258.8123 of 36065.8%★★★☆☆
202156.6131 of 35262.8%★★★☆☆
201955.9136 of 33859.8%★★★☆☆
201849.2154 of 31350.8%★★★☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202154.010 of 1844.4%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201825.2131 of 17022.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202532.6292 of 41529.6%★★☆☆☆
202429.4316 of 41523.9%★☆☆☆☆
202337.6294 of 44433.8%★★☆☆☆
202253.5207 of 44153.1%★★★☆☆
202154.0206 of 44153.3%★★★☆☆
201937.4288 of 41831.1%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202542.996 of 15538.1%★★☆☆☆
202453.170 of 15253.9%★★★☆☆
202342.0100 of 16338.7%★★☆☆☆
202251.082 of 16349.7%★★★☆☆
202160.957 of 15362.7%★★★☆☆
201937.189 of 12830.5%★★☆☆☆
201829.295 of 11819.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202526.1345 of 43721.1%★☆☆☆☆
202424.9352 of 44420.7%★☆☆☆☆
202332.9317 of 45930.9%★★☆☆☆
202254.4205 of 45855.2%★★★☆☆
202150.6219 of 45551.9%★★★☆☆
201944.6246 of 43042.8%★★☆☆☆
201837.9275 of 40331.8%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202521.8336 of 41418.8%★☆☆☆☆
202421.5356 of 42616.4%★☆☆☆☆
202335.4290 of 44334.5%★★☆☆☆
202248.0227 of 44248.6%★★☆☆☆
202142.6245 of 44244.6%★★☆☆☆
201949.2217 of 41848.1%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202336.041 of 6334.9%★★☆☆☆
202238.838 of 5834.5%★★☆☆☆
202173.214 of 5775.4%★★★★☆
201947.325 of 4949.0%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202522.9142 of 16815.5%★☆☆☆☆
202418.4158 of 1759.7%★☆☆☆☆
202348.691 of 20655.8%★★★☆☆
202244.7110 of 20646.6%★★☆☆☆
202147.995 of 21054.8%★★★☆☆
201941.4108 of 20246.5%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202523.1272 of 31613.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.4295 of 3207.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202335.2253 of 35228.1%★☆☆☆☆
202253.5178 of 36250.8%★★★☆☆
202145.9204 of 35843.0%★★☆☆☆
201940.9230 of 35034.3%★★☆☆☆
201841.1215 of 33836.4%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Asian (2021)44th percentile-5 vs school
Hispanic (2025)38th percentile+17 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)35th percentile~ school
African American (2025)33rd percentile+11 vs school
Female (2025)30th percentile+8 vs school
Disabled (2018)23rd percentile-9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile~ school
Male (2025)19th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2025)15th percentile-6 vs school
White (2025)14th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts57%-13 vs state
Mathematics42%-18 vs state

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St. Tammany Junior High School ranks in the bottom 21.5% of Louisiana middle schools.

Students who attend St. Tammany Junior High School usually go on to attend Salmen High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 686 students attended St. Tammany Junior High School.

Students at St. Tammany Junior High School are 71% African American, 15% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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