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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Green Park Elementary School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000608
Green Park Elementary School
1409 North Upland Street, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 466-0205 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
10.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
293 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 | 46 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
46%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
26.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
26.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Green Park Elementary School
Green Park Elementary School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Park Elementary School this school | 433 | 67.7% | 26.0% |
| Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School Kenner | 542 | 69.6% | 16.5% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
| A.C. Alexander School Kenner | 567 | 71.8% | 28.0% |
| Bridgedale Elementary School Metairie | 491 | 70.5% | 28.7% |
| Harold Keller Elementary School Metairie | 550 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
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 Green Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #369 of 583 | #25 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #366 of 582 ▼ 109 | #21 of 48 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #474 of 587 ▼ 50 | #38 of 50 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #214 of 540 | #19 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #340 of 714 | #38 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #50 of 655 | #3 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #382 of 655 | #47 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #439 of 705 | #32 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #373 of 436 | #15 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
433
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 433 | 42.1 | 10.3:1 | 68% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 39.4 | 11.9:1 | 48% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 29.8 | 15.0:1 | 53% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 48% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 24 | 18.9:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 81% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 78% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 47% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 33 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (454 to 433); teachers up 75% (24 to 42.1).
About Green Park Elementary School
Green Park Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Metairie, Louisiana. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 433 students.
Jefferson Parish enrolls 46,790 students in 74 schools, including Green Park Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Green Park Elementary School is Hispanic: 71%. Other groups include 15% White, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. The diversity index for Green Park Elementary School is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 3.7 students per teacher. Roughly 68% of students at Green Park Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Jefferson Parish is close, at 68%.
Green Park Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Green Park Elementary School would score about 35.6%. It scores 26.0%, 9.6 points below that figure.
Jefferson Parish is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 47,983, Green Park Elementary School among them.
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Green Park Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Green Park Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 37.5%, higher than Green Park Elementary School's 26.0%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Green Park Elementary School had 437 students in 2020-21 and 433 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.0:1 to 10.3:1.
The Green Park Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
Other Green Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Green Park Elementary. Green Park Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Green Park Elementary SchoolWALLA WALLA, WA · 526 students
Nearby schools
- John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School0.7 mi · 545
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy0.9 mi · 2,263
- Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies1.1 mi · 434
- Ralph J Bunche Elementary1.1 mi · 470
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School1.4 mi · 2,376
- Rudolph Matas School1.4 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Green Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Green Park Elementary School?
Green Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Green Park Elementary School serve?
Green Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Green Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Green Park Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Green Park Elementary School?
At Green Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 71% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Green Park Elementary School public or private?
Green Park 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.