Laureate Academy Charter School

Laureate Academy Charter School is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in Harvey, Louisiana, run under Jefferson Parish, teacheing 532 students in grades K through 8.

Laureate Academy Charter School is one of 74 schools operated by Jefferson Parish, a district that hosts 46,790 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Laureate Academy Charter School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Laureate Academy Charter School records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 31.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Laureate Academy Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 22.7%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Laureate Academy Charter School is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson RISE Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laureate Academy Charter School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 20.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site. Laureate Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 116%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 56% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 136.7:1 in 2018 to 31.3:1 today.

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