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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000622
Jefferson School
3900 Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, LA 70121 · (504) 733-8201 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
453 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 70 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (70).
Student demographics
67%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
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 School
Jefferson School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson School this school | 619 | 73.2% | 24.2% |
| Westside Elementary School Scott | 597 | 73.2% | 28.3% |
| Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School Baton Rouge | 644 | 74.5% | 21.8% |
| Arlene Meraux Elementary School Chalmette | 583 | 70.3% | 30.5% |
| Ralph J Bunche Elementary Metairie | 470 | 72.6% | 27.8% |
| Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford Avondale | 769 | 79.3% | 15.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #387 of 583 | #29 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #454 of 582 ▼ 10 | #34 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #362 of 587 no change | #20 of 50 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #239 of 540 | #21 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #133 of 714 | #14 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #348 of 655 | #32 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #65 of 655 | #12 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #369 of 705 | #17 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +70.1% | #13 of 197 | #2 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
619
-78 (-11%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 619 | 45.7 | 13.6:1 | 73% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 45.9 | 14.3:1 | 61% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 35.8 | 18.6:1 | 61% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 33 | 21.1:1 | 71% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 56% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 90% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 86% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 61% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 21 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson School.
Since 2017-18: students up 70% (364 to 619); teachers up 117% (21 to 45.7).
About Jefferson School
Jefferson School is an elementary school in Jefferson, Louisiana, reachable at (504) 733-8201. The school's 619 students are in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
Jefferson Parish is responsible for 74 schools, Jefferson School included, with 46,790 students in all.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Jefferson School, with 41% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 36% Black and 19% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Jefferson School has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Jefferson School's 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana have a similar average ratio of 14.0:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 73%.
allk12 grades Jefferson School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jefferson School falls in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools: 24.2% actual against 31.6% predicted.
Census estimates describe Jefferson Parish this way: median household income is about $65,252, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Jefferson Parish number 86 and enroll about 47,983.
The school nearest to Jefferson School is Riverdale High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Jefferson School is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Jefferson School went from 697 students to 619. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.1:1 to 13.6:1.
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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 Jefferson
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyElementary · 731 students
- JCFA-EastHigh · 154 students
- Jefferson Virtual High SchoolHigh · 67 students
Other Jefferson schools
12 other US public schools in 8 states are named Jefferson. Jefferson School is the 2nd largest of the 13.
- JeffersonSacramento, CA · 735 students
- JeffersonHawthorne, CA · 549 students
- JeffersonTracy, CA · 388 students
- Jefferson SchoolIndependence, KS · 356 students
- JEFFERSON SCHOOLHUNTINGTON, NY · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Riverdale High School0.2 mi · 1,259
- JCFA-East0.4 mi · 154
- Jefferson Virtual High School0.5 mi · 67
- Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy0.5 mi · 731
- Joseph C Moscona School1.1 mi · 521
- East Jefferson High School1.4 mi · 1,381
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson School?
Jefferson School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-08.
Is Jefferson School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Jefferson School have?
Jefferson School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson School?
Student demographics at Jefferson School are roughly 19% White, 41% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson School in?
Jefferson School is part of Jefferson Parish.
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