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What's one thing Chalmette Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. BERNARD PARISH·NCES 220141002306
Chalmette Elementary School
75 East Chalmette Circle, Chalmette, LA 70043 · (504) 304-0370 · St. Bernard Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- C-Beats 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
11.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
308 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 53 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
71%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
42.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Chalmette Elementary School
Chalmette Elementary School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalmette Elementary School this school | 467 | 66.0% | 30.0% |
| Arlene Meraux Elementary School Chalmette | 583 | 70.3% | 30.5% |
| Charles M. Burke Elementary School Duson | 564 | 67.0% | 40.3% |
| Joseph C Moscona School Metairie | 521 | 67.2% | 23.5% |
| St. Rose Elementary School St. Rose | 540 | 68.1% | 36.5% |
| Wyandotte Elementary School Morgan City | 300 | 69.0% | 44.5% |
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 Chalmette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Bernard Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #322 of 583 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #310 of 582 ▲ 7 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #270 of 587 ▲ 42 | #5 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #151 of 540 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #300 of 714 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #93 of 655 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #15 of 655 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #463 of 705 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #212 of 436 | N/A |
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
467
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
-43% since 2010-11, when it was 816
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 467 | 42.2 | 11.1:1 | 66% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 40.6 | 12.0:1 | 63% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 35.1 | 14.6:1 | 70% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 61% (312) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 35.1 | 16.0:1 | 71% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | N/A | N/A | 85% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 75% (611) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chalmette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (560 to 467); teachers up 20% (35.1 to 42.2).
About Chalmette Elementary School
Chalmette Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Chalmette, Louisiana. It enrolled 467 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Chalmette Elementary School belongs to St. Bernard Parish, a district of 12 schools and 7,592 students.
The most common group at Chalmette Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 37%. Other groups make up 31% Black, 23% White, and 7% multiracial. St. Bernard Parish as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Chalmette Elementary School total 42.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school counts 308 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 66%.
allk12 grades Chalmette Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Chalmette Elementary School is 6.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 30.0%. Predicted: 36.9%.
Census estimates describe St. Bernard Parish this way: the median household income is $58,651, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. In all, St. Bernard Parish has 12 public schools and roughly 7,592 students.
C.F. Rowley Alternative School is located about 0.3 miles from Chalmette Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Chalmette Elementary School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Chalmette Elementary School dropped 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 510 to 467 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Chalmette Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Bernard Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,419
Census ACS
Median income
$58,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Bernard Parish
- Chalmette High SchoolHigh · 2,193 students
- N.P. Trist Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Lacoste Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Joseph J. Davies Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Arlene Meraux Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Arabi Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Chalmette
- Chalmette High SchoolHigh · 2,193 students
- Lacoste Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Arlene Meraux Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Andrew Jackson Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- C.F. Rowley Alternative SchoolHigh · 103 students
Nearby schools
- C.F. Rowley Alternative School0.3 mi · 103
- Andrew Jackson Middle School0.5 mi · 546
- Arlene Meraux Elementary School1.3 mi · 583
- Arabi Elementary School1.5 mi · 567
- Chalmette High School1.6 mi · 2,193
- Lacoste Elementary School1.9 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Chalmette Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chalmette Elementary School?
Chalmette Elementary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Chalmette Elementary School serve?
Chalmette Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Chalmette Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Chalmette Elementary School.
How diverse is Chalmette Elementary School?
Chalmette Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 37% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Chalmette Elementary School?
Chalmette Elementary School is overseen by St. Bernard Parish in St. Bernard Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.