Jefferson RISE Charter School

As an average-sized 9-12 campus in Harvey, Louisiana, Jefferson RISE Charter School caters to 764 students from grades 6 through 12, run under Jefferson Parish.

Within Jefferson Parish, which oversees 74 schools and 46,790 students, Jefferson RISE Charter School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Jefferson RISE Charter School lists that Black students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 24% White, 16% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Jefferson RISE Charter School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Jefferson Parish's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson RISE Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.0%, the actual is 20.7%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put median household income runs about $65,252, 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 Jefferson RISE Charter School is one.

Laureate Academy Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson RISE Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson RISE Charter School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 22.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, Jefferson RISE Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson RISE Charter School has rose 113%, going from 359 students in 2018 to 764 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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