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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084001881
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School
950 Behrman Highway, Terrytown, LA 70056 · (504) 393-8732 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- 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
12.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
446 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 | 55 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 4% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 3% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
58%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
35.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
34.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 35.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School this school | 615 | 72.5% | 26.5% |
| Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School Gretna | 671 | 72.1% | 23.0% |
| John James Audubon School Kenner | 572 | 74.3% | 26.2% |
| Riveroaks Elementary School Baton Rouge | 492 | 66.7% | 22.7% |
| George Cox Elementary School Gretna | 402 | 67.9% | 23.2% |
| A.C. Alexander School Kenner | 567 | 71.8% | 28.0% |
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 Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #362 of 583 | #23 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #293 of 582 ▲ 23 | #12 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #347 of 587 ▲ 72 | #18 of 50 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #172 of 540 | #16 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #136 of 714 | #15 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #210 of 655 | #19 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #199 of 655 | #27 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #380 of 705 | #19 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #417 of 436 | #20 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
615
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 812
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 615 | 49.9 | 12.3:1 | 73% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 46.4 | 15.4:1 | 60% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 38.9 | 15.9:1 | 57% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 63% (368) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 53% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 90% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 90% (675) |
| 2000-01 | 813 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 77% (624) |
| 1990-91 | 812 | 38 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (624 to 615); teachers up 47% (34 to 49.9).
About Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Terrytown, Louisiana. The school enrolls 615 students in pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 453.
Jefferson Parish has a total of 74 schools and 46,790 students, Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School among them.
The student body at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School is 56% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 7% White, and 3% Asian. Jefferson Parish's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 37 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School comes to 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School counts 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.5%; the prediction is 32.1%.
The school's county is Jefferson Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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 Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School.
About 0.2 miles separate Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School from the closest public school, Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.5% against a local average of 32.5%.
The NCES locale for Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 29 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 16.7:1 to 12.3:1 between 2020-21 and 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 Terrytown
- Athlos Academy of Jefferson ParishElementary · 1,012 students
- Livaudais Middle SchoolMiddle · 743 students
- Terrytown Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Nearby schools
- Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish0.2 mi · 1,012
- Livaudais Middle School0.4 mi · 743
- George Cox Elementary School0.4 mi · 402
- Paul J. Solis Elementary School1.1 mi · 777
- Terrytown Elementary School1.4 mi · 611
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School1.8 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School?
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School serve?
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School?
Student demographics at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 56% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School in?
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School is part of Jefferson Parish.
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