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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000640
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School
3800 Thirteenth Street, Harvey, LA 70058 · (504) 340-4937 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- AThree-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
12.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
378 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
65%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
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +11.0pp since 2022
Math
21.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Ella C. Pittman Elementary School
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella C. Pittman Elementary School this school | 471 | 80.3% | 20.3% |
| Isaac G Joseph Elementary School Westwego | 439 | 83.4% | 21.2% |
| Magnolia Elementary New Iberia | 407 | 81.1% | 25.8% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Alexandria | 576 | 84.5% | 33.8% |
| Truman Early Childhood Education Center Lafayette | 331 | 79.2% | N/A |
| Broadmoor Elementary School Baton Rouge | 579 | 82.2% | 19.7% |
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 Ella C. Pittman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #444 of 583 | #37 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #426 of 582 ▲ 34 | #30 of 48 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #413 of 587 ▼ 8 | #31 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #57 of 540 | #2 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #297 of 714 | #32 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #256 of 655 | #22 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #77 of 655 | #15 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #273 of 705 | #10 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #198 of 436 | #6 of 22 |
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
471
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 471 | 36.7 | 12.8:1 | 80% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 32.6 | 15.1:1 | 65% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 28.8 | 18.2:1 | 68% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 72% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 59% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 93% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 83% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 36 | 18.4:1 | 71% (469) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 39 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ella C. Pittman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (572 to 471); teachers up 22% (30 to 36.7).
About Ella C. Pittman Elementary School
The public elementary school Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is located in Harvey, Louisiana. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 471 students.
Jefferson Parish has a total of 74 schools and 46,790 students, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School among them.
About 49% of students at Ella C. Pittman Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 19% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Jefferson Parish, the Black share is about 26%. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Ella C. Pittman Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 1.1 students per teacher. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Jefferson Parish, the average eligibility rate is 68%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.3%) and its predicted rate (26.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
In Jefferson Parish, home to about 430,920 people, median household income comes to about $65,252, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools enroll about 47,983 students and include Ella C. Pittman Elementary School.
John Ehret High School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Ella C. Pittman Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 20.7%; Ella C. Pittman Elementary School's is 20.3%, ranking 3rd of 6.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School had a net loss of 22 students, or 4%. The ratio was 20.5:1 in 2020-21 and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
430,920
Census ACS
Median income
$65,252
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
47,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Parish
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Other schools in Harvey
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Jefferson RISE Charter SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Woodland West SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Woodmere SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Laureate Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 532 students
- JCFAHigh · 127 students
Nearby schools
- John Ehret High School0.7 mi · 1,850
- L.H. Marrero Middle School0.8 mi · 619
- West Jefferson High School1.2 mi · 1,438
- Jefferson RISE Charter School1.3 mi · 764
- Laureate Academy Charter School1.5 mi · 532
- Lincoln School for the Arts1.6 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Ella C. Pittman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ella C. Pittman Elementary School?
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ella C. Pittman Elementary School serve?
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ella C. Pittman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ella C. Pittman Elementary School?
At Ella C. Pittman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 19% Hispanic, 49% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Ella C. Pittman Elementary School public or private?
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.