Jena Elementary School

Located at 758 E. Sharbono Street, in Jena, Louisiana, Jena Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community that enrolls 381 students (grades pre-K through 2), part of LaSalle Parish.

Within LaSalle Parish, which oversees 9 schools and 2,520 students, Jena Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Jena Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Black, 7% multiracial. Compared to LaSalle Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Jena Elementary School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Jena Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, census data for LaSalle Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $68,497 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across LaSalle Parish's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,520 students), Jena Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jena High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Jena Elementary School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 17% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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