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How has John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000590
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School
2100 Maine Street, Kenner, LA 70062 · (504) 469-3664 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
11.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
317 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
53%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
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School this school | 545 | 58.2% | 26.8% |
| Phoebe Hearst School Metairie | 602 | 59.3% | 24.2% |
| Tom Benson School Kenner | 631 | 62.9% | 14.5% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
| Harold Keller Elementary School Metairie | 550 | 64.2% | 28.5% |
| Bissonet Plaza School Metairie | 624 | 63.0% | 22.7% |
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 John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #354 of 583 | #21 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #342 of 582 ▲ 29 | #18 of 48 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #379 of 587 ▲ 23 | #23 of 50 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #165 of 540 | #12 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #206 of 714 | #25 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #157 of 655 | #11 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #286 of 655 | #33 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #556 of 705 | #46 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #247 of 436 | #8 of 22 |
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
545
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 545 | 45.8 | 11.9:1 | 58% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 43.1 | 13.3:1 | 51% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 34.7 | 15.8:1 | 57% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 28 | 18.7:1 | 57% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 33 | 19.2:1 | 54% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 93% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 89% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 90% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (633 to 545); teachers up 39% (33 to 45.8).
About John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School serves students in Kenner, Louisiana, as a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 545 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
Jefferson Parish, which runs John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School, has 74 schools and 46,790 students.
The student body at John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is 65% Hispanic. The school is also 21% Black, 10% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School scores 53%.
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School reports a ratio of 11.9 students per teacher, from 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School, 58% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish.
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School scores 15.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 26.8% actual versus 42.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Jefferson Parish, median household income comes to about $65,252, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 86, with about 47,983 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.3%; John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School's is 26.8%, ranking 4th of 8.
The NCES locale for John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 545, from 523 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 18.7:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Kenner
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- Tom Benson SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Chateau Estates SchoolElementary · 610 students
- John James Audubon SchoolElementary · 572 students
- A.C. Alexander SchoolElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy0.5 mi · 2,263
- Green Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 433
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School1.2 mi · 2,376
- Ralph J Bunche Elementary1.3 mi · 470
- Bissonet Plaza School1.5 mi · 624
- Tom Benson School1.5 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School?
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
Is John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School have?
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School?
Student demographics at John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 65% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School?
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
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