Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084001965
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies
701 Amelia Street, Gretna, LA 70053 · (504) 366-3582 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
18.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
146 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
72%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
94.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Louisiana average is about 42 of 100. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 94.0% |
| 2024-25 | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 35 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies's state test result (89.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies this school | 355 | 41.1% | 89.8% |
| Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies Westwego | 354 | 45.8% | 76.3% |
| Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies Metairie | 356 | 41.6% | 94.5% |
| Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies Metairie | 434 | 21.4% | 92.3% |
| Ruppel Academie Francaise Gretna | 362 | 60.5% | 72.7% |
| A. A. Nelson Elementary School Lake Charles | 736 | 56.7% | 48.7% |
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 Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #5 of 583 | #3 of 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #3 of 587 ▲ 2 | #2 of 50 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #467 of 714 | #47 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #632 of 655 | #49 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #7 of 655 | #2 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #664 of 705 | #50 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #402 of 436 | #19 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
355
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 41% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 20.8 | 17.6:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 15.7 | 22.7:1 | 27% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 16 | 22.4:1 | 24% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 15 | 24.2:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 42% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 34% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (363 to 355); teachers up 27% (15 to 19).
About Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies
The public elementary school Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies is located in Gretna, Louisiana. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 355 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Louisiana) has about 453 students.
The Jefferson Parish system has 74 schools and 46,790 students.
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 35%. The remaining students are 28% White, 26% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Jefferson Parish, the Black share is about 26%. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 19 full-time equivalents, or about 18.7 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 18.7:1 here. About 41% of students, or 146, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 68% for public schools in Jefferson Parish.
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations places Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies in the top 10% of Louisiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 35.0 points above it (89.8% actual, 54.8% predicted).
Across Jefferson Parish, the median household income is $65,252, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Jefferson Parish has 86 public schools and roughly 47,983 students.
The closest public school to Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies is Ruppel Academie Francaise, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 358 in 2020-21 to 355 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.4:1 to 18.7:1.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Ruppel Academie Francaise0.3 mi · 362
- Frederick Douglass Community School0.6 mi · 40
- William Hart Elementary School0.6 mi · 320
- JCFA0.8 mi · 127
- McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School0.8 mi · 342
- Young Audiences Charter High School1.2 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced StudiesHow many students attend Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies?
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies have?
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies?
Student demographics at Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies are roughly 28% White, 8% Hispanic, 35% Black, 26% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies in?
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies is part of Jefferson Parish.
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