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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford this year?
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Enrollment
769
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000605
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford
435 South Jamie Boulevard, Avondale, LA 70094 · (504) 436-2474 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL769 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
13.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
610 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 | 37 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 78% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
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
22.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
13.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
15.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford's state test result (15.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford this school | 769 | 79.3% | 15.7% |
| Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School Baton Rouge | 644 | 74.5% | 21.8% |
| Jefferson School Jefferson | 619 | 73.2% | 24.2% |
| Westside Elementary School Scott | 597 | 73.2% | 28.3% |
| Woodmere School Harvey | 629 | 76.6% | 14.3% |
| Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish Terrytown | 1,012 | 80.8% | N/A |
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 Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #503 of 583 | #44 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #527 of 582 ▼ 17 | #42 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #512 of 587 ▼ 7 | #44 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #185 of 540 | #17 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 769 | #55 of 714 | #5 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #392 of 655 | #39 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #87 of 655 | #16 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #284 of 705 | #11 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.2% | #42 of 197 | #9 of 26 |
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
769
+106 (+16%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 769 | 55.7 | 13.8:1 | 79% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 52.1 | 15.2:1 | 71% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 35.5 | 19.4:1 | 80% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 28 | 23.7:1 | 86% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 24 | 23.9:1 | 72% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 89% (579) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 91% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 80% (503) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 45 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (573 to 769); teachers up 132% (24 to 55.7).
About Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford
The public elementary school Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is located in Avondale, Louisiana. The school reports 769 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 70% larger than the 453 average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Jefferson Parish oversees Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford and 73 other schools, with 46,790 students in total.
The most common group at Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is Hispanic students, at 41%. Enrollment also includes 41% Black, 12% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 22 points above the 19% share among Jefferson Parish residents. Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 55.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. That matches the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana fairly closely. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 79%. That is 11 points above the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 27.2% for a school in Louisiana with Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford's free or reduced-price lunch share. Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford posts 15.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson Parish show that the median household income is $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is one of 86 public schools in the county.
Strehle Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 40.9% on proficiency, and Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is below that at 15.7%.
In the federal locale system, Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford's enrollment grew from 663 in 2020-21 to 769 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.7:1 to 13.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Avondale
- Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology AcademyHigh · 871 students
- Strehle Community SchoolHigh · 145 students
Nearby schools
- Strehle Community School0.3 mi · 145
- Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy1.7 mi · 871
- Harahan School2.6 mi · 390
- Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School3.1 mi · 384
- Riverside Alternative High School3.5 mi · 27
- Lucille Cherbonnier School3.6 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at FordHow many students attend Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford?
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford enrolls approximately 769 students in grades PK-08.
Is Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford have?
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford?
At Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford, the student body is approximately 12% White, 41% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford in?
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford is part of Jefferson Parish.
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