JCFA-East

JCFA-East is a very small four-year high school in Jefferson, Louisiana, operated by JCFA-East. The school enrolls 154 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 78% below the state mean of about 711.

JCFA-East sits inside JCFA-East, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JCFA-East shows that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% White, 21% Black. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put median household earnings sit near $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which JCFA-East is one.

Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

JCFA-East operates from a residential location. As a public charter, JCFA-East runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 44%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 154 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 48% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for JCFA-East typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.