A.C. Alexander School

A.C. Alexander School is a moderately sized K-5 school in Kenner, Louisiana, run under Jefferson Parish. The school caters to 567 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 453.

A.C. Alexander School is one of 74 schools operated by Jefferson Parish, a district that educates 46,790 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, A.C. Alexander School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% White, 12% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, A.C. Alexander School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 29.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put median household income runs about $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which A.C. Alexander School is one.

Nearest neighbor: John James Audubon School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A.C. Alexander School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A.C. Alexander School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

A.C. Alexander School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 565 students in 2018 compared to 567 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 18% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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