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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084002447
Ralph J Bunche Elementary
8101 Simon Street, Metairie, LA 70003 · (504) 934-4875 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
11.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
341 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
60%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
45.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
35.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Ralph J Bunche Elementary
Ralph J Bunche Elementary's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph J Bunche Elementary this school | 470 | 72.6% | 27.8% |
| LaBelle Aire Elementary School Baton Rouge | 425 | 73.4% | 15.2% |
| Jefferson School Jefferson | 619 | 73.2% | 24.2% |
| Riveroaks Elementary School Baton Rouge | 492 | 66.7% | 22.7% |
| McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School Gretna | 342 | 72.5% | 13.5% |
| Westside Elementary School Scott | 597 | 73.2% | 28.3% |
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 Ralph J Bunche Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #344 of 583 | #18 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #281 of 582 ▲ 23 | #10 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #238 of 587 ▲ 88 | #8 of 50 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #283 of 540 | #25 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #298 of 714 | #33 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #160 of 655 | #13 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #163 of 655 | #22 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #378 of 705 | #18 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #49 of 197 | #12 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
470
+184 (+64%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 470 | 39.4 | 11.9:1 | 73% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 37.9 | 13.5:1 | 70% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 15.9 | 17.5:1 | 77% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 83% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 21.6 | 16.9:1 | 69% (252) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph J Bunche Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (366 to 470); teachers up 82% (21.6 to 39.4).
About Ralph J Bunche Elementary
In Metairie, Louisiana, Ralph J Bunche Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 470 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
In Jefferson Parish, 74 schools enroll a combined 46,790 students.
Hispanic students account for 45% of enrollment at Ralph J Bunche Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups include 44% Black and 8% White. By comparison, Jefferson Parish residents are about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ralph J Bunche Elementary scores 60%.
There are about 11.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Ralph J Bunche Elementary, which has 39.4. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Ralph J Bunche Elementary is about 73%.
Ralph J Bunche Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.1%.
In Jefferson Parish, the median household earns about $65,252 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Jefferson Parish, 86 public schools serve about 47,983 students.
Among nearby public schools, Green Park Elementary School is closest at about 1.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ralph J Bunche Elementary. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ralph J Bunche Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Ralph J Bunche Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data put enrollment at 286 in 2020-21 and 470 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.9:1, from 17.9:1.
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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 Metairie
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 872 students
- J.D. Meisler Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John Q. Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Bissonet Plaza SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Phoebe Hearst SchoolElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Green Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 433
- John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School1.3 mi · 545
- Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies1.7 mi · 434
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy1.8 mi · 2,263
- Rudolph Matas School1.8 mi · 600
- T.H. Harris Middle School1.9 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Ralph J Bunche ElementaryHow many students attend Ralph J Bunche Elementary?
Ralph J Bunche Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ralph J Bunche Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ralph J Bunche Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ralph J Bunche Elementary have?
Ralph J Bunche Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Ralph J Bunche Elementary?
Ralph J Bunche Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 45% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ralph J Bunche Elementary public or private?
Ralph J Bunche Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
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