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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000624
Harold Keller Elementary School
5301 Irving Street, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 887-3836 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
10.4:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
353 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 | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
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
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
34.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 30.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 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 Harold Keller Elementary School
Harold Keller Elementary School's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Keller Elementary School this school | 550 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| Alice Birney Elementary School Metairie | 579 | 63.9% | 27.2% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
| Bissonet Plaza School Metairie | 624 | 63.0% | 22.7% |
| Tom Benson School Kenner | 631 | 62.9% | 14.5% |
| John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School Kenner | 545 | 58.2% | 26.8% |
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 Harold Keller Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #336 of 583 | #16 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #292 of 582 ▲ 23 | #11 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #380 of 587 ▲ 24 | #24 of 50 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #129 of 540 | #10 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #198 of 714 | #24 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #57 of 655 | #4 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #288 of 655 | #35 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #486 of 705 | #36 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #78 of 197 | #15 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
550
-123 (-18%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 550 | 53.1 | 10.4:1 | 64% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 52.9 | 11.6:1 | 53% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 42.5 | 15.6:1 | 55% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 50% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 27.9 | 17.0:1 | 34% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 74% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 71% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 58% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 31 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harold Keller Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (473 to 550); teachers up 90% (27.9 to 53.1).
About Harold Keller Elementary School
Harold Keller Elementary School is an elementary school in Metairie, Louisiana, and it is part of Jefferson Parish. It serves 550 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students.
Harold Keller Elementary School sits within Jefferson Parish, which has 74 schools and 46,790 students.
At Harold Keller Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. It is also 18% Black, 12% White, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Jefferson Parish is roughly 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Harold Keller Elementary School's 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 10.4:1. That is lower than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 64%.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Harold Keller Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.1%. Harold Keller Elementary School scores 28.5%.
Harold Keller Elementary School is located in Jefferson Parish, where the median household income is $65,252, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Harold Keller Elementary School, Jefferson Parish has 85 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Harold Keller Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to John Q. Adams Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 28.5% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Harold Keller Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 550, an 18% decrease from 673 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.2 to 10.4 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- John Q. Adams Middle School0.5 mi · 658
- Alice Birney Elementary School0.8 mi · 579
- Bissonet Plaza School1.0 mi · 624
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School1.5 mi · 2,376
- Tom Benson School1.5 mi · 631
- Walter Schneckenburger Elem School1.6 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Harold Keller Elementary SchoolHow large is Harold Keller Elementary School?
Harold Keller Elementary School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harold Keller Elementary School serve?
Harold Keller Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harold Keller Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Harold Keller Elementary School.
How diverse is Harold Keller Elementary School?
Harold Keller Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 65% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Harold Keller Elementary School in?
Harold Keller Elementary School is part of Jefferson Parish.
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