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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000595
Joseph C Moscona School
219 Severn Avenue, Metairie, LA 70001 · (504) 837-5370 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
350 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
64%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
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
25.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Joseph C Moscona School
Joseph C Moscona School's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph C Moscona School this school | 521 | 67.2% | 23.5% |
| Chalmette Elementary School Chalmette | 467 | 66.0% | 30.0% |
| Charles M. Burke Elementary School Duson | 564 | 67.0% | 40.3% |
| Jefferson School Jefferson | 619 | 73.2% | 24.2% |
| Rudolph Matas School Metairie | 600 | 63.7% | 36.0% |
| Northside Elementary School Denham Springs | 466 | 78.5% | 37.0% |
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 Joseph C Moscona School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #400 of 583 | #30 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #377 of 582 ▲ 30 | #25 of 48 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #391 of 587 ▼ 31 | #25 of 50 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #213 of 540 | #18 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #229 of 714 | #29 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #281 of 655 | #26 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #97 of 655 | #20 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #445 of 705 | #34 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #158 of 197 | #23 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
521
+63 (+14%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 521 | 40 | 13.0:1 | 67% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 37.1 | 15.9:1 | 55% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 28.1 | 20.0:1 | 60% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 60% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 24.8 | 20.2:1 | 45% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 82% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 81% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 70% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 27 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph C Moscona School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (501 to 521); teachers up 61% (24.8 to 40).
About Joseph C Moscona School
Joseph C Moscona School is a public elementary school in Metairie, Louisiana. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 521 students enrolled.
Jefferson Parish enrolls 46,790 students, and its 74 schools include Joseph C Moscona School.
At Joseph C Moscona School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 45%. It is also 37% White, 14% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jefferson Parish is roughly 19% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 40 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 13.0:1 here. Around 67% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish.
Joseph C Moscona School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Joseph C Moscona School are 12.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (23.5% actual, 36.0% predicted).
Joseph C Moscona School is located in Jefferson Parish, where the median household income is $65,252, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Joseph C Moscona School, Jefferson Parish has 85 other public schools.
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Joseph C Moscona School. On state test proficiency, Joseph C Moscona School ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Joseph C Moscona School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Joseph C Moscona School's enrollment grew from 458 in 2020-21 to 521 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 19.1 in 2020-21 to 13.0 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy0.6 mi · 731
- JCFA-East0.9 mi · 154
- Jefferson School1.1 mi · 619
- Riverdale High School1.2 mi · 1,259
- East Jefferson High School1.3 mi · 1,381
- Jefferson Virtual High School1.5 mi · 67
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph C Moscona SchoolHow many students attend Joseph C Moscona School?
Joseph C Moscona School enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-08.
Is Joseph C Moscona School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph C Moscona School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Joseph C Moscona School have?
Joseph C Moscona School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph C Moscona School?
At Joseph C Moscona School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 45% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Joseph C Moscona School in?
Joseph C Moscona School is part of Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.