Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000657
G.T. Woods School
1037 31st Street, Kenner, LA 70065 · (504) 466-6252 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- 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
12.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
264 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 29% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
53%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
20.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
17.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
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 G.T. Woods School
G.T. Woods School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| G.T. Woods School this school | 375 | 70.4% | 17.0% |
| McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School Gretna | 342 | 72.5% | 13.5% |
| George Cox Elementary School Gretna | 402 | 67.9% | 23.2% |
| Riveroaks Elementary School Baton Rouge | 492 | 66.7% | 22.7% |
| Ralph J Bunche Elementary Metairie | 470 | 72.6% | 27.8% |
| LaBelle Aire Elementary School Baton Rouge | 425 | 73.4% | 15.2% |
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 G.T. Woods School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #490 of 583 | #41 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #478 of 582 ▼ 33 | #36 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #531 of 587 ▼ 43 | #47 of 50 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #171 of 540 | #15 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #432 of 714 | #43 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #180 of 655 | #14 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #284 of 655 | #32 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #407 of 705 | #26 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.4% | #34 of 197 | #8 of 26 |
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
375
+65 (+21%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 225
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 375 | 30.9 | 12.1:1 | 70% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 30.4 | 12.0:1 | 57% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 20.7 | 13.1:1 | 65% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 16 | 19.4:1 | 81% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 75% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 23 | 11.9:1 | 96% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 186 | 14 | 13.3:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | 96% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 16 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G.T. Woods School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (271 to 375); teachers up 72% (18 to 30.9).
About G.T. Woods School
G.T. Woods School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Kenner, Louisiana. It enrolls 375 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8.
G.T. Woods School is one of the 74 schools that make up Jefferson Parish (46,790 students in total).
The student body at G.T. Woods School is 56% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 39% Black. Among all residents of Jefferson Parish, the Hispanic share is about 19%. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at G.T. Woods School are from different groups.
There are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at G.T. Woods School, giving a ratio of 12.1:1. The school's 12.1:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. By family income, 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Jefferson Parish average a similar 68%.
On the allk12 Grade, G.T. Woods School lands at D, ahead of 7% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, G.T. Woods School would score about 33.6%. It scores 17.0%, a bottom-10% result among Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Jefferson Parish show the median household earns about $65,252 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Jefferson Parish number 86, with about 47,983 students.
About 1.0 miles separate G.T. Woods School from the closest public school, A.C. Alexander School. The five-mile area around G.T. Woods School holds at least 8 other public schools. G.T. Woods School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.0% against a local average of 26.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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 65 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 19.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
People who know G.T. Woods School can post here about 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 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
- A.C. Alexander School1.0 mi · 567
- Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School1.3 mi · 542
- John James Audubon School1.3 mi · 572
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy1.5 mi · 2,263
- Tom Benson School1.5 mi · 631
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School1.6 mi · 2,376
Frequently asked questions
About G.T. Woods SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at G.T. Woods School?
G.T. Woods School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does G.T. Woods School serve?
G.T. Woods School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at G.T. Woods School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at G.T. Woods School.
How diverse is G.T. Woods School?
G.T. Woods School reports a student body of 1% White, 56% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is G.T. Woods School public or private?
G.T. Woods School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
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