Allen Ellender School

Located at 4501 East Ames Boulevard, in Marrero, Louisiana, Allen Ellender School is a high-enrollment elementary school that teaches 727 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Jefferson Parish. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Jefferson Parish comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 46,790 students; Allen Ellender School is among them.

Demographically, Allen Ellender School reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Allen Ellender School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Allen Ellender School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 31.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson Parish shows median household income runs about $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Allen Ellender School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Allen Ellender School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 20%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 727 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 25% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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