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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000578
A.C. Alexander School
600 West Esplanade Avenue, Kenner, LA 70065 · (504) 469-7326 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
407 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -11.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
567
+2 (+0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 18.8:1
% White
17%
was 15%
% Hispanic
67%
was 64%
% Black
12%
was 18%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Jefferson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
430,920
Census ACS
Median income
$65,252
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
47,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Parish
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Other schools in Kenner
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- Tom Benson SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Chateau Estates SchoolElementary · 610 students
- John James Audubon SchoolElementary · 572 students
- John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
Nearby schools
- John James Audubon School0.7 mi · 572
- Chateau Estates School0.9 mi · 610
- G.T. Woods School1.0 mi · 375
- Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School1.1 mi · 542
- Walter Schneckenburger Elem School1.8 mi · 327
- Tom Benson School1.9 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About A.C. Alexander SchoolHow many students attend A.C. Alexander School?
A.C. Alexander School enrolls approximately 567 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does A.C. Alexander School serve?
A.C. Alexander School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does A.C. Alexander School have?
A.C. Alexander School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at A.C. Alexander School?
Student demographics at A.C. Alexander School are roughly 17% White, 67% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees A.C. Alexander School?
A.C. Alexander School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
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