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What's one thing Laureate Academy Charter School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084002411
Laureate Academy Charter School
2115 Oakmere Dr, Harvey, LA 70058 · (504) 503-0170 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
31.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
401 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
43%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
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Laureate Academy Charter School
Laureate Academy Charter School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laureate Academy Charter School this school | 532 | 75.4% | 24.3% |
| Lakeshore School Monroe | 532 | 75.6% | 19.2% |
| Glen View Elementary School Ruston | 438 | 71.2% | N/A |
| Summerfield Elementary School Shreveport | 428 | 74.5% | 13.5% |
| The Dufrocq School Baton Rouge | 431 | 73.3% | 22.2% |
| Broadmoor STEM Academy Shreveport | 695 | 79.1% | 10.3% |
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 Laureate Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #384 of 583 | #27 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #455 of 582 ▼ 106 | #35 of 48 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #364 of 587 ▼ 1 | #22 of 50 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #216 of 540 | #17 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #220 of 714 | #27 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 31.3:1 | #651 of 655 | #51 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #408 of 655 | #48 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #334 of 705 | #14 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +116.3% | #5 of 197 | #1 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
532
+118 (+29%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
31.3:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 532 | 17 | 31.3:1 | 75% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 10 | 51.5:1 | 62% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 25.1 | 18.2:1 | 66% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 21 | 19.7:1 | 69% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 1.8 | 136.7:1 | 48% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 107 | 6 | 17.8:1 | 85% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laureate Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 116% (246 to 532); teachers up 844% (1.8 to 17).
About Laureate Academy Charter School
Laureate Academy Charter School is a medium-sized elementary school in Jefferson Parish, located in Harvey, Louisiana. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 532 students enrolled.
Laureate Academy Charter School is one of the 74 schools that make up Jefferson Parish (46,790 students in total).
A majority of students at Laureate Academy Charter School, 74%, are Black. The next largest groups are 13% White, 9% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. The school's Black share is 48 points above the 26% share among Jefferson Parish residents. Laureate Academy Charter School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 17 full-time positions, a ratio of 31.3:1. That ratio is over the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Around 75% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Laureate Academy Charter School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Laureate Academy Charter School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 30.1%. Laureate Academy Charter School scores 24.3%, 5.7 points below that line.
In Jefferson Parish (population about 430,920), median household income is about $65,252, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 86 public schools operate in Jefferson Parish, serving about 47,983 students.
Jefferson RISE Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 24.3% is above the 21.3% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large. Laureate Academy Charter School is a public charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 414 to 532. Federal data show the ratio rising from 19.7:1 to 31.3:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Harvey
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- Jefferson RISE Charter SchoolHigh · 764 students
- Woodland West SchoolElementary · 631 students
- Woodmere SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Ella C. Pittman Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- JCFAHigh · 127 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson RISE Charter School0.4 mi · 764
- John Ehret High School1.0 mi · 1,850
- Harry S Truman School1.3 mi · 717
- Woodmere School1.3 mi · 629
- Fisher Middle/High School1.4 mi · 498
- Ella C. Pittman Elementary School1.5 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Laureate Academy Charter SchoolHow many students attend Laureate Academy Charter School?
Laureate Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Laureate Academy Charter School serve?
Laureate Academy Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Laureate Academy Charter School?
Approximately 31.3:1 students per teacher at Laureate Academy Charter School.
How diverse is Laureate Academy Charter School?
Laureate Academy Charter School reports a student body of 13% White, 9% Hispanic, 74% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Laureate Academy Charter School?
Laureate Academy Charter School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.