Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Isaac G Joseph Elementary School operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Westwego, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Parish. Current enrollment sits at 439 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Jefferson Parish runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 46,790 students. Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Isaac G Joseph Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Isaac G Joseph Elementary School shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Isaac G Joseph Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Jefferson Parish's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, Isaac G Joseph Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.5%, the actual is 20.0%, a residual of -4.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is one.

Stella Worley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Isaac G Joseph Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.0%.

Isaac G Joseph Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School has edged up 55%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 439 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 6% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.