Total enrollment
46,790
-1,370 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
82 schools in Jefferson Parish
Louisiana · 46,790 students · 15 cities
Public K-12 schools in Jefferson Parish number 82, teaching approximately 46,790 Louisiana students (an average of 571 per school).
4-year change in Jefferson Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
74
-6 (-7%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Jefferson Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #28 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 46,790 | #1 of 69 | #108 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 74 | #2 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #52 of 69 | #4,951 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 67.2% | #43 of 69 | #2,154 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #3 of 65 | #467 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Jefferson Parish
State test results across the district's 62 scored schools run from Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies at 94.5% proficient to Estelle School at 11.3%, a gap of 83.2 points. That is the widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 70 district schools that reported both years went from 41,702 to 44,987 students (up 8%) and from 2,047 to 3,100 full-time teachers (up 51%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish is a large Louisiana school district running 82 schools with combined enrollment near 46,790.
For a sense of the school types, Jefferson Parish is made up of 50 elementary, 7 middle, 16 high schools, and 9 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Jefferson Parish runs about 571 students per school, 12% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 509.
Over the past 4-year window. Total public-school enrollment in Jefferson Parish has contracted 3% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 48,160 students to 46,790. Over that span, Jefferson Parish closed 6 schools, going from 80 to 74.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Jefferson Parish discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.