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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084001680
Paul J. Solis Elementary School
2850 Mt. Laurel Drive, Gretna, LA 70056 · (504) 392-7867 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
615 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
68%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
32.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
21.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Paul J. Solis Elementary School
Paul J. Solis Elementary School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul J. Solis Elementary School this school | 777 | 79.2% | 31.2% |
| Woodland West School Harvey | 631 | 80.8% | 21.3% |
| J.B. Nachman Elementary School Alexandria | 546 | 75.8% | 49.7% |
| Daspit Road Elementary School New Iberia | 503 | 78.3% | 36.0% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Alexandria | 576 | 84.5% | 33.8% |
| Oakshire Elementary School Houma | 576 | 72.9% | 41.7% |
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 Paul J. Solis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #309 of 583 | #14 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #428 of 582 ▼ 89 | #32 of 48 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #393 of 587 ▼ 72 | #27 of 50 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #114 of 540 | #5 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #51 of 714 | #4 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #593 of 655 | #47 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #50 of 655 | #10 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #289 of 705 | #12 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #182 of 197 | #24 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
777
+136 (+21%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 777 | 46.8 | 16.6:1 | 79% (615) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 37.5 | 19.7:1 | 70% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 31.4 | 23.7:1 | 73% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 62% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 38 | 20.2:1 | 48% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 86% (645) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 84% (583) |
| 2000-01 | 777 | 43 | 18.1:1 | 61% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 880 | 40 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul J. Solis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (766 to 777); teachers up 23% (38 to 46.8).
About Paul J. Solis Elementary School
Paul J. Solis Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Gretna, Louisiana, administered by Jefferson Parish. The school has 777 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Jefferson Parish runs Paul J. Solis Elementary School along with 73 other schools, enrolling 46,790 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Paul J. Solis Elementary School; the largest is White, at 45%. The school is also 29% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Paul J. Solis Elementary School scores 68%.
Paul J. Solis Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1, with 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school has 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson Parish average 68%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Paul J. Solis Elementary School outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Paul J. Solis Elementary School is 3.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
In the surrounding county, Jefferson Parish, median household income comes to about $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 86 public schools and about 47,983 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, George Cox Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Paul J. Solis Elementary School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 21% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.7:1 to 16.6:1.
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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
Other schools in Gretna
- Young Audiences Charter SchoolElementary · 1,077 students
- Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Young Audiences Charter High SchoolHigh · 643 students
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 527 students
- George Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Ruppel Academie FrancaiseElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- George Cox Elementary School0.7 mi · 402
- Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School1.1 mi · 615
- Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish1.2 mi · 1,012
- Livaudais Middle School1.2 mi · 743
- Woodland West School1.6 mi · 631
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies2.0 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About Paul J. Solis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Paul J. Solis Elementary School?
Paul J. Solis Elementary School enrolls approximately 777 students in grades PK-05.
Is Paul J. Solis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paul J. Solis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paul J. Solis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paul J. Solis Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paul J. Solis Elementary School?
At Paul J. Solis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 17% Hispanic, 29% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Paul J. Solis Elementary School?
Paul J. Solis Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
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