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If you could change one rule at Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084001882
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School
4924 City Park Drive, Lafitte, LA 70067 · (504) 689-4136 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
232 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
37%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
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
37.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School this school | 360 | 64.4% | 39.3% |
| Seventh Ward Elementary School Denham Springs | 382 | 61.8% | 49.3% |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Sulphur | 399 | 60.2% | 47.0% |
| Anacoco Elementary School Anacoco | 457 | 61.9% | 54.0% |
| Westwood Elementary School Westlake | 412 | 63.8% | N/A |
| Eastside Elementary School Denham Springs | 439 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
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 Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #225 of 583 | #8 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #260 of 582 ▼ 40 | #8 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #299 of 587 ▼ 1 | #14 of 50 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #157 of 540 | #11 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #458 of 714 | #45 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #511 of 655 | #43 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #458 of 655 | #49 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #483 of 705 | #35 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #111 of 436 | #2 of 22 |
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
360
-96 (-21%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 360 | 23.5 | 15.3:1 | 64% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 27.1 | 14.7:1 | 51% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 22.7 | 17.7:1 | 54% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 51% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 24.9 | 19.4:1 | 34% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 57% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 70% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 59% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 31 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (482 to 360); teachers down 5% (24.9 to 23.5).
About Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Lafitte, Louisiana. The student body numbers 360 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.
Jefferson Parish has a total of 74 schools and 46,790 students, Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School among them.
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is 78% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 3% Black. That compares with about 50% White among all Jefferson Parish residents. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School total 23.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The school counts 232 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 64%.
allk12 grades Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is 1.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Census estimates describe Jefferson Parish this way: the median household income is $65,252, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Besides Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School, Jefferson Parish has 85 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Belle Chasse Middle School, about 7.1 miles away. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.7%; Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School's is 39.3%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School dropped 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 456 to 360 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.3:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Belle Chasse Middle School7.1 mi · 656
- Allen Ellender School7.1 mi · 727
- Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School7.9 mi · 868
- Estelle School8.0 mi · 518
- Fisher Middle/High School8.3 mi · 498
- Harry S Truman School8.5 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary SchoolHow large is Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School?
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
Is Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School?
At Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School public or private?
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.