Phoebe Hearst School

Located at 5208 Wabash Street, in Metairie, Louisiana, Phoebe Hearst School is a mid-sized primary school that serves 602 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Jefferson Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 33% bigger than the state mean of about 453.

Across the 74 schools in Jefferson Parish (46,790 students total), Phoebe Hearst School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Phoebe Hearst School lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Black, 12% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Phoebe Hearst School records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Phoebe Hearst School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Phoebe Hearst School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.6%; this one comes in at 21.3%, -20.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Phoebe Hearst School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

Nearest neighbor: Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Phoebe Hearst School. On composite proficiency, Phoebe Hearst School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phoebe Hearst School has showed little movement, going from 617 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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