North Shore Louisiana News

There were 37 Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students enrolled in St. Tammany Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8.8% more than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that St. Tammany Parish welcomed 36,555 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 55 schools within the parish, Slidell High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of four students.

According to a 2023 Scholaroo study, Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, ranking second-to-last behind Arizona. The state ranked poorly in key metrics such as school quality, student achievement, and teacher-student ratios.

School name	% of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students enrollment	Number of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students	Total Enrollment
Abita Springs Middle School	0.7%	3	423
Bayou Lacombe Middle School	0.5%	1	196
Clearwood Junior High School	0.5%	3	617
Bayou Woods Elementary School	0.5%	2	403
Lake Harbor Middle School	0.4%	2	569
Chahta-Ima Elementary School	0.3%	1	327
St. Tammany Junior High School	0.3%	2	690
Marigny Elementary School	0.2%	1	418
W. L. Abney Elementary School	0.2%	2	968
Covington Elementary School	0.2%	1	583
Folsom Elementary School	0.2%	1	468
Little Oak Middle School	0.2%	2	855
Mandeville Elementary School	0.2%	1	517
Mandeville Junior High School	0.2%	1	502
Salmen High School	0.2%	2	1,058
Slidell High School	0.2%	3	1,682
Honey Island Elementary School	0.2%	1	595
Cypress Cove Elementary School	0.2%	1	620
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School	0.1%	1	1,406
Bonne Ecole Elementary School	0.1%	1	703
Covington High School	0.1%	2	1,568
Madisonville Elementary School	0.1%	1	1,075
Slidell Junior High School	0.1%	1	713