Harold Keller Elementary School

Set in Metairie, Louisiana, Harold Keller Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, part of Jefferson Parish. It instructs 550 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 21% bigger than typical.

Across the 74 schools in Jefferson Parish (46,790 students total), Harold Keller Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Harold Keller Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 18% Black, 12% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Harold Keller Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Harold Keller Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 29.0%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Across the wider county, Jefferson Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Harold Keller Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John Q. Adams Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harold Keller Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 16%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 43% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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