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What's something Jefferson RISE Charter School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
764
High
DISTRICT 930 · STATE 711
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084002419
Jefferson RISE Charter School
3645 Lapalco Blvd., Harvey, LA 70058 · (504) 328-9799 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 18.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
664 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 89 | 12% |
Student demographics
60%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% . -15.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -7.0pp 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 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 24.0% | 10.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Jefferson RISE Charter School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson RISE Charter School this school | 764 | 86.9% | 19.7% |
| Young Audiences Charter High School Gretna | 643 | 86.5% | N/A |
| Independence High Magnet Independence | 490 | 83.3% | 12.2% |
| Livingston Collegiate Academy New Orleans | 575 | 86.8% | N/A |
| Port Allen High School Port Allen | 452 | 83.4% | N/A |
| LaGrange High School Lake Charles | 881 | 78.7% | N/A |
Matched among Louisiana high 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 Jefferson RISE Charter School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #46 of 65 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #60 of 69 ▼ 7 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #56 of 70 ▼ 4 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.0pp | #2 of 51 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #96 of 267 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #191 of 240 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #45 of 240 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #36 of 258 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +112.8% | #3 of 75 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
764
+152 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 764 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 87% (664) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 18 | 41.2:1 | 81% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 716 | 58.8 | 12.2:1 | 79% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 24 | 25.5:1 | 84% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 16.6 | 21.6:1 | 68% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 119 | 5 | 23.8:1 | 88% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson RISE Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 113% (359 to 764); teachers up 159% (16.6 to 43).
About Jefferson RISE Charter School
Jefferson RISE Charter School is one of the public schools in Harvey, Louisiana. It is a medium-sized high school. A federal count lists 764 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12.
Jefferson Parish counts 46,790 students in its 74 schools, and Jefferson RISE Charter School is one of them.
Jefferson RISE Charter School is 56% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 24% White and 16% Hispanic. That compares with about 26% Black among all Jefferson Parish residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 43 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.8:1. That matches the 18.0:1 average for high schools in Louisiana fairly closely. Eligible students account for 87% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish, the school's rate is higher.
In Louisiana, Jefferson RISE Charter School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 19.7% actual against a predicted 21.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jefferson Parish, the median household income is $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish, enrolling about 47,983 students in all.
Laureate Academy Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Jefferson RISE Charter School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Jefferson RISE Charter School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Jefferson RISE Charter School as a charter school.
Enrollment grew 25% from its 2020-21 level of 612. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.5:1 in 2020-21, and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Harvey
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Woodland West SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Woodmere SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Laureate Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Ella C. Pittman Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- JCFAHigh · 127 students
Nearby schools
- Laureate Academy Charter School0.4 mi · 532
- John Ehret High School1.0 mi · 1,850
- Woodmere School1.2 mi · 629
- Ella C. Pittman Elementary School1.3 mi · 471
- Harry S Truman School1.6 mi · 717
- Fisher Middle/High School1.7 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson RISE Charter SchoolHow large is Jefferson RISE Charter School?
Jefferson RISE Charter School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Jefferson RISE Charter School serve?
Jefferson RISE Charter School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson RISE Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson RISE Charter School is approximately 17.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jefferson RISE Charter School?
Student demographics at Jefferson RISE Charter School are roughly 24% White, 16% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Jefferson RISE Charter School public or private?
Jefferson RISE Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.