Chateau Estates School

Chateau Estates School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Kenner, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish, with 610 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 35% bigger than typical.

Jefferson Parish runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 46,790 students. Chateau Estates School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Chateau Estates School shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 16% White, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, On paper, Chateau Estates School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 63% of students at Chateau Estates School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chateau Estates School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Chateau Estates School is one campus in the mix.

Greenlawn Terrace 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), Chateau Estates School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 683 students in 2018 compared to 610 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 45% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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