Chalmette Elementary School

As an average-sized primary school in Chalmette, Louisiana, Chalmette Elementary School caters to 467 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of St. Bernard Parish.

Across the 12 schools in St. Bernard Parish (7,592 students total), Chalmette Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Chalmette Elementary School logs that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 31% Black, 23% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Chalmette Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Bernard Parish put the typical household earns roughly $58,651 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, St. Bernard Parish runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students), of which Chalmette Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: C.F. Rowley Alternative School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chalmette Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chalmette Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

Chalmette Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chalmette Elementary School has declined 17%, going from 560 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 25% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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