Ella C. Pittman Elementary School

Set in Harvey, Louisiana, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus, overseen by Jefferson Parish. It educates 471 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Jefferson Parish runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 46,790 students. Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Ella C. Pittman Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Jefferson Parish's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ella C. Pittman Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.7%; this one delivers 16.3%.

In the broader community, Jefferson Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, 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), Ella C. Pittman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John Ehret High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ella C. Pittman Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 20.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 572 students in 2018 compared to 471 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 12% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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