J.C. Ellis School

J.C. Ellis School is a reasonably sized elementary school in Metairie, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish. The school hosts 587 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Jefferson Parish comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 46,790 students; J.C. Ellis School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J.C. Ellis School shows that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 25% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, J.C. Ellis School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, J.C. Ellis School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 43.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. J.C. Ellis School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

Marie B. Riviere Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J.C. Ellis School. On composite proficiency, J.C. Ellis School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J.C. Ellis School has shrank 23%, going from 762 students in 2018 to 587 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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