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What's the most underrated thing about Allen Ellender School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
727
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000599
Allen Ellender School
4501 East Ames Boulevard, Marrero, LA 70072 · (504) 341-9469 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
542 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 | 38 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
69%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
43.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Allen Ellender School
Allen Ellender School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Ellender School this school | 727 | 74.6% | 34.2% |
| Denham Springs Elementary School Denham Springs | 678 | 79.2% | 48.0% |
| Katharine Drexel Elementary School Broussard | 583 | 71.0% | 31.7% |
| Coteau-Bayou Blue Elementary School Houma | 627 | 76.4% | 38.5% |
| Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary Carencro | 705 | 69.1% | 28.8% |
| Arlene Meraux Elementary School Chalmette | 583 | 70.3% | 30.5% |
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 Allen Ellender School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #279 of 583 | #10 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #269 of 582 ▲ 13 | #9 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #259 of 587 ▼ 4 | #9 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #238 of 540 | #20 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #67 of 714 | #7 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #426 of 655 | #40 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #32 of 655 | #8 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #342 of 705 | #15 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.4% | #65 of 197 | #13 of 26 |
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
727
+138 (+23%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 727 | 51 | 14.3:1 | 75% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 48.7 | 15.5:1 | 61% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 33.5 | 20.3:1 | 65% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 30 | 19.6:1 | 74% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 31 | 19.5:1 | 46% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 81% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 84% (641) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 54 | 18.8:1 | 76% (767) |
| 1990-91 | 1,056 | 57 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allen Ellender School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (604 to 727); teachers up 64% (31 to 51).
About Allen Ellender School
Allen Ellender School is a large elementary school with its address in Marrero, Louisiana. School enrollment was 727 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students.
A total of 74 schools make up Jefferson Parish, with 46,790 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Allen Ellender School, at 40%. Other groups include 30% Black, 24% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson Parish residents are about 50% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Allen Ellender School is 51 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That matches the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana fairly closely. Around 75% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Allen Ellender School a B. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Allen Ellender School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.2% is 3.5 points above the 30.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Jefferson Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. There are 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish, enrolling about 47,983 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Allen Ellender School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 21.8%, lower than Allen Ellender School's 34.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Allen Ellender School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 23% from 2020-21, when Allen Ellender School had 589 students, to 2024-25, when it had 727. The ratio was 19.6:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Marrero
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- L.W. Higgins High SchoolHigh · 1,136 students
- Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Harry S Truman SchoolElementary · 717 students
- L.H. Marrero Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Estelle SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School0.8 mi · 868
- Estelle School0.9 mi · 518
- Fisher Middle/High School1.2 mi · 498
- Harry S Truman School1.4 mi · 717
- Laureate Academy Charter School2.3 mi · 532
- Woodmere School2.4 mi · 629
Frequently asked questions
About Allen Ellender SchoolHow large is Allen Ellender School?
Allen Ellender School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades PK-08.
Is Allen Ellender School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Allen Ellender School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Allen Ellender School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Allen Ellender School.
How diverse is Allen Ellender School?
Allen Ellender School reports a student body of 40% White, 24% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Allen Ellender School public or private?
Allen Ellender School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.