Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000637
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies
201 Metairie Road, Metairie, LA 70005 · (504) 833-5539 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
148 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
58%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
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LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
94.0%
LA avg 41.8%
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Louisiana average is about 42 of 100.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
94.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+40.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 40 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies's state test result (94.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies this school | 356 | 41.6% | 94.5% |
| Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies Westwego | 354 | 45.8% | 76.3% |
| Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies Gretna | 355 | 41.1% | 89.8% |
| Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies Metairie | 434 | 21.4% | 92.3% |
| Ruppel Academie Francaise Gretna | 362 | 60.5% | 72.7% |
| A. A. Nelson Elementary School Lake Charles | 736 | 56.7% | 48.7% |
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 Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.5% | #1 of 583 | #1 of 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #2 of 587 | #1 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #463 of 714 | #46 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #277 of 655 | #25 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #204 of 655 | #28 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #659 of 705 | #49 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #350 of 436 | #13 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
356
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 356 | 27.5 | 13.0:1 | 42% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 26.4 | 14.3:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 18.5 | 19.9:1 | 14% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 16 | 23.3:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 15.9 | 23.9:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 21% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 18% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 45% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (379 to 356); teachers up 73% (15.9 to 27.5).
About Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies is a small elementary school based in Metairie, Louisiana. The school serves 356 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
Jefferson Parish includes 74 schools. Together they enroll 46,790 students.
At Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies, White students make up 59% of the student body. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Black. In Jefferson Parish overall, about 50% of residents are White. Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 13.0:1 comes from the school's 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The lunch program counts 42% of students at Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Jefferson Parish, the average eligibility rate is 68%.
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies is 54.5%. It actually posts 94.5%, which is 40.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Louisiana schools.
In Jefferson Parish (population about 430,920), the median household income is $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish, enrolling about 47,983 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Lafayette Academy Charter School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies is ahead of the 36.4% nearby average, ranking 1st of 4.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 356 students in 2024-25, 16 fewer than the 372 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (23.3:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Nearby schools
- Lafayette Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 519
- Success @ Thurgood Marshall1.2 mi · 490
- Esperanza Charter School1.5 mi · 538
- The Leah Chase School1.7 mi · 294
- J.C. Ellis School1.7 mi · 587
- Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans1.9 mi · 897
Frequently asked questions
About Metairie Academy for Advanced StudiesWhat is the total enrollment at Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies?
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies serve?
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies.
How diverse is Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies?
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies reports a student body of 59% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 25% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies?
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.