Estelle School

Estelle School, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Marrero, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Parish, instructs 518 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Within Jefferson Parish, which oversees 74 schools and 46,790 students, Estelle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Estelle School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 28% Hispanic, 12% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Estelle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 26.0%; actual is 11.0%, a gap of -15.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson Parish shows median household income runs about $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Estelle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fisher Middle/High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Estelle School. On composite proficiency, Estelle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 34%: 787 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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