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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000607
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School
1500 38th Street, Kenner, LA 70065 · (504) 468-1016 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
11.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
377 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 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
48%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% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +9.0pp 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 24 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 15.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School this school | 542 | 69.6% | 16.5% |
| A.C. Alexander School Kenner | 567 | 71.8% | 28.0% |
| Bridgedale Elementary School Metairie | 491 | 70.5% | 28.7% |
| Green Park Elementary School Metairie | 433 | 67.7% | 26.0% |
| Harold Keller Elementary School Metairie | 550 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
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 Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #498 of 583 | #42 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #393 of 582 ▲ 66 | #27 of 48 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #513 of 587 ▲ 43 | #45 of 50 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #61 of 540 | #3 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #210 of 714 | #26 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #125 of 655 | #9 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #352 of 655 | #44 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #413 of 705 | #28 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #422 of 436 | #21 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
542
+39 (+8%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 542 | 46.9 | 11.6:1 | 70% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 45.5 | 12.2:1 | 56% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 30.6 | 18.2:1 | 54% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 24 | 21.0:1 | 62% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 50% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 83% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 81% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 73% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (547 to 542); teachers up 56% (30 to 46.9).
About Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Kenner, Louisiana. The school enrolls 542 students, from pre-K through 5.
Jefferson Parish is the district for Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School. It has 74 schools and 46,790 students.
Hispanic students account for 69% of enrollment at Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 10% White, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Jefferson Parish is roughly 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
The school reports 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.6 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 70% of students. Across public schools in Jefferson Parish, the average is about the same, 68%.
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in Louisiana. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 16.5%, against a prediction of 34.3%.
Jefferson Parish has about 430,920 residents, and median household income is about $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 47,983.
Nearby, Walter Schneckenburger Elem School is about 0.7 miles away. Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.5% against a local average of 24.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 542, 8% above the 503 of 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 21.0:1 to 11.6:1.
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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 Kenner
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- Tom Benson SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Chateau Estates SchoolElementary · 610 students
- John James Audubon SchoolElementary · 572 students
- A.C. Alexander SchoolElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Walter Schneckenburger Elem School0.7 mi · 327
- Chateau Estates School0.8 mi · 610
- A.C. Alexander School1.1 mi · 567
- Tom Benson School1.1 mi · 631
- G.T. Woods School1.3 mi · 375
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School1.5 mi · 2,376
Frequently asked questions
About Greenlawn Terrace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School?
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School serve?
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School is approximately 11.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School?
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 69% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School?
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.