East Jefferson High School

East Jefferson High School is a high school in Metairie, Louisiana, and it is part of Jefferson Parish. Enrollment is 1,381 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 711-student average for high schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 94% higher.

Jefferson Parish has 46,790 students spread across 74 schools.

Hispanic students account for 57% of enrollment at East Jefferson High School. Smaller groups are 24% Black and 15% White. For comparison, the population of Jefferson Parish is roughly 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at East Jefferson High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1 at East Jefferson High School, with 70.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 18.0:1 average for high schools in Louisiana is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 63%.

Jefferson Parish has about 430,920 residents, and median household income is about $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 47,983.

The closest public school, Bridgedale Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from East Jefferson High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around East Jefferson High School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

East Jefferson High School saw enrollment rise 28% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.7 to 19.7 over 4 years.

Community posts for East Jefferson High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.