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Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000584
Bissonet Plaza School
6818 Kawanee Avenue, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 887-0470 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
13.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
393 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
59%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
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
23.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bissonet Plaza School
Bissonet Plaza School's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissonet Plaza School this school | 624 | 63.0% | 22.7% |
| Harold Keller Elementary School Metairie | 550 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| Alice Birney Elementary School Metairie | 579 | 63.9% | 27.2% |
| Chateau Estates School Kenner | 610 | 63.4% | 27.5% |
| 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 Bissonet Plaza School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #412 of 583 | #33 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #406 of 582 ▼ 36 | #29 of 48 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #462 of 587 ▼ 61 | #34 of 50 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #270 of 540 | #23 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #128 of 714 | #13 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #329 of 655 | #29 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #184 of 655 | #24 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #497 of 705 | #40 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #183 of 197 | #25 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
624
+85 (+16%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 624 | 46.6 | 13.4:1 | 63% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 46.7 | 14.1:1 | 55% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 34.2 | 19.3:1 | 60% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 68% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 46% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 90% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 83% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 50% (319) |
| 1990-91 | 850 | 41 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bissonet Plaza School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (616 to 624); teachers up 33% (35 to 46.6).
About Bissonet Plaza School
In Metairie, Louisiana, Bissonet Plaza School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 624 students in pre-K through 8. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 38% bigger than that mark.
Bissonet Plaza School is run by Jefferson Parish, whose 74 schools enroll 46,790 students.
More than half of enrollment at Bissonet Plaza School is Hispanic: 59%. Enrollment also includes 18% White, 18% Black, and 4% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 40 points above the 19% share among Jefferson Parish residents. The diversity index for Bissonet Plaza School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school reported 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Bissonet Plaza School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Bissonet Plaza School in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.3 points below it (22.7% actual, 39.0% predicted).
The county, Jefferson Parish, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $65,252 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Bissonet Plaza School, Jefferson Parish has 86 public schools.
Bissonet Plaza School's closest public school neighbor is Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 22.7% is below the 26.9% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Bissonet Plaza School enrolled 539 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 624. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.6:1 to 13.4:1.
This page is set up for the Bissonet Plaza School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Rudolph Matas SchoolElementary · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School0.5 mi · 2,376
- Tom Benson School0.8 mi · 631
- Harold Keller Elementary School1.0 mi · 550
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy1.1 mi · 2,263
- John Q. Adams Middle School1.1 mi · 658
- Walter Schneckenburger Elem School1.2 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Bissonet Plaza SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bissonet Plaza School?
Bissonet Plaza School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Bissonet Plaza School serve?
Bissonet Plaza School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bissonet Plaza School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Bissonet Plaza School.
How diverse is Bissonet Plaza School?
Bissonet Plaza School reports a student body of 18% White, 59% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Bissonet Plaza School public or private?
Bissonet Plaza 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.