Jefferson School

Jefferson School operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Jefferson, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Parish. Current enrollment sits at 619 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Across the 74 schools in Jefferson Parish (46,790 students total), Jefferson School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 36% Black, 19% White. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Jefferson School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Riverdale High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jefferson School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson School has climbed 70%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 619 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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