Joshua Butler Elementary School

Located at 300 Fourth Street, in Westwego, Louisiana, Joshua Butler Elementary School is a reasonably sized combined-grade school that caters to students from the surrounding community (grade M), one of the schools within Jefferson Parish.

Within Jefferson Parish, which oversees 74 schools and 46,790 students, Joshua Butler Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Joshua Butler Elementary School runs at roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Joshua Butler Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson Parish) reports that median household income runs about $65,252, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Joshua Butler Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joshua Butler Elementary School.

Joshua Butler Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Joshua Butler Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 359).

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