Joseph J. Davies Elementary School

Set in Meraux, Louisiana, Joseph J. Davies Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school, one of the schools within St. Bernard Parish. It caters to 593 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

St. Bernard Parish comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 7,592 students; Joseph J. Davies Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Joseph J. Davies Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with St. Bernard Parish as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Joseph J. Davies Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Joseph J. Davies Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.7%; this one delivers 50.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Bernard Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $58,651, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Joseph J. Davies Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in St. Bernard Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: N.P. Trist Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph J. Davies Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Joseph J. Davies Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Joseph J. Davies Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 723 (now 593). White enrollment moved from 69% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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