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What tradition at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000655
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School
1525 Spruce Street, Westwego, LA 70094 · (504) 341-6517 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
366 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 | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
66%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
24.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
13.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Isaac G Joseph Elementary School
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac G Joseph Elementary School this school | 439 | 83.4% | 21.2% |
| Ella C. Pittman Elementary School Harvey | 471 | 80.3% | 20.3% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Alexandria | 576 | 84.5% | 33.8% |
| Magnolia Elementary New Iberia | 407 | 81.1% | 25.8% |
| Broadmoor Elementary School Baton Rouge | 579 | 82.2% | 19.7% |
| Park Vista Elementary School Opelousas | 533 | 82.9% | 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 Isaac G Joseph Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #432 of 583 | #35 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #529 of 582 ▼ 145 | #44 of 48 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #496 of 587 ▼ 38 | #42 of 50 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #282 of 540 | #24 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #332 of 714 | #36 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #200 of 655 | #18 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #68 of 655 | #13 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #219 of 705 | #5 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +54.6% | #19 of 197 | #5 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
439
-72 (-14%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 439 | 35.9 | 12.2:1 | 83% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 37.1 | 14.4:1 | 76% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 25.1 | 21.2:1 | 81% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 84% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 16 | 17.8:1 | 71% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 95% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 95% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 90% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isaac G Joseph Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 55% (284 to 439); teachers up 124% (16 to 35.9).
About Isaac G Joseph Elementary School
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Westwego, Louisiana. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 439 students.
Jefferson Parish (74 schools, 46,790 students) runs Isaac G Joseph Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School, at 49%. Other groups include 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson Parish residents are about 26% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.2:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 83%. The rate at public schools in Jefferson Parish averages 68%, lower than here.
The allk12 Grade for Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is C. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (21.2%) and its predicted rate (24.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
Jefferson Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Jefferson Parish is home to 86 public schools and about 47,983 public school students.
The closest public school, Stella Worley Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Isaac G Joseph Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Isaac G Joseph Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 14% from 2020-21, when Isaac G Joseph Elementary School had 511 students, to 2024-25, when it had 439. The ratio was 19.6:1 in 2020-21 and 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 Westwego
- Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced StudiesElementary · 354 students
- Stella Worley Middle SchoolMiddle · 235 students
- Joshua Butler Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Stella Worley Middle School0.4 mi · 235
- Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies0.8 mi · 354
- L.W. Higgins High School1.2 mi · 1,136
- Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School1.3 mi · 414
- Lincoln School for the Arts1.4 mi · 467
- Benjamin Franklin Elem. Math and Science2.0 mi · 739
Frequently asked questions
About Isaac G Joseph Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Isaac G Joseph Elementary School?
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Isaac G Joseph Elementary School serve?
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Isaac G Joseph Elementary School have?
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Isaac G Joseph Elementary School?
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 49% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Isaac G Joseph Elementary School?
Isaac G Joseph 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.