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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000583
Alice Birney Elementary School
4829 Hastings Street, Metairie, LA 70006 · (504) 885-1054 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
370 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 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 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like Alice Birney Elementary School
Alice Birney Elementary School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Birney Elementary School this school | 579 | 63.9% | 27.2% |
| Harold Keller Elementary School Metairie | 550 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| Bissonet Plaza School Metairie | 624 | 63.0% | 22.7% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
| John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School Kenner | 545 | 58.2% | 26.8% |
| Tom Benson School Kenner | 631 | 62.9% | 14.5% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alice Birney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #351 of 583 | #20 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #341 of 582 ▲ 17 | #17 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #339 of 587 ▲ 56 | #16 of 50 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #127 of 540 | #8 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #171 of 714 | #21 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #135 of 655 | #10 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #320 of 655 | #39 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #487 of 705 | #37 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #251 of 436 | #10 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
579
+45 (+8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 579 | 49.7 | 11.7:1 | 64% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 48.4 | 12.7:1 | 52% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 34.4 | 17.6:1 | 55% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 53% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 42% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 81% (528) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 75% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 39% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 31 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice Birney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (671 to 579); teachers up 55% (32 to 49.7).
About Alice Birney Elementary School
Alice Birney Elementary School is one of the public schools in Metairie, Louisiana. It is a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 579 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 28% above that.
Alice Birney Elementary School is one of the 74 schools that make up Jefferson Parish (46,790 students in total).
At Alice Birney Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 68% of the student body. It is also 13% White, 13% Black, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jefferson Parish is roughly 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Alice Birney Elementary School and a ratio of 11.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 64% of enrollment.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Alice Birney Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 38.3%.
Alice Birney Elementary School is located in Jefferson Parish, where the median household income is $65,252, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Alice Birney Elementary School, Jefferson Parish has 85 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Harold Keller Elementary School, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Alice Birney Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Alice Birney Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
The school enrolled 579 students in 2024-25, 45 more than the 534 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.7:1) than in 2020-21 (17.8:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Alice Birney Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
Other Alice Birney Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Alice Birney Elementary. Alice Birney Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Alice Birney ElementaryColton, CA · 681 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryEureka, CA · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Harold Keller Elementary School0.8 mi · 550
- Phoebe Hearst School1.1 mi · 602
- John Q. Adams Middle School1.3 mi · 658
- J.D. Meisler Middle School1.3 mi · 679
- Bissonet Plaza School1.5 mi · 624
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies1.7 mi · 872
Frequently asked questions
About Alice Birney Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alice Birney Elementary School?
Alice Birney Elementary School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Alice Birney Elementary School serve?
Alice Birney Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alice Birney Elementary School have?
Alice Birney Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Alice Birney Elementary School?
Alice Birney Elementary School reports a student body of 13% White, 68% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Alice Birney Elementary School?
Alice Birney Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
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