McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School

McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School is a compact elementary campus in Gretna, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish. The school caters to 342 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 453.

Across the 74 schools in Jefferson Parish (46,790 students total), McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 35% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.2%; McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School posts 10.0%, -22.2 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

The closest other public school is Young Audiences Charter High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School has edged up 32%, going from 259 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 27% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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