Joseph C Moscona School

Joseph C Moscona School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Metairie, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Parish, with 521 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph C Moscona School reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 14% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Joseph C Moscona School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Joseph C Moscona School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.0%; actual is 21.0%, a gap of -15.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson Parish) shows that median household earnings sit near $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Joseph C Moscona School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joseph C Moscona School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 28% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.