Green Park Elementary School

Green Park Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Metairie, Louisiana, one of the schools within Jefferson Parish, hosting 433 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Green Park Elementary School reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 15% White, 9% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Green Park Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 23.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson Parish indicate 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. Green Park Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Park Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Green Park Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

Green Park Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Green Park Elementary School has ticked down 5%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 59% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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