Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084002268
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies
537 Avenue D, Westwego, LA 70094 · (504) 347-4739 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- 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
16.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
162 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 | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
73%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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
89.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 89.0% | 83.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 85.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 25 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 Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies this school | 354 | 45.8% | 76.3% |
| Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies Gretna | 355 | 41.1% | 89.8% |
| Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies Metairie | 356 | 41.6% | 94.5% |
| 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 Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #15 of 583 | #4 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #11 of 582 ▲ 3 | #2 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #7 of 587 ▲ 8 | #4 of 50 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #245 of 540 | #21 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #469 of 714 | #48 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #596 of 655 | #48 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #4 of 655 | #1 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #641 of 705 | #48 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #387 of 436 | #16 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
354
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 354 | 21.2 | 16.7:1 | 46% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 27% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 14 | 24.0:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 16 | 22.6:1 | 28% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 17 | 21.6:1 | 15% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 47% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 19 | 18.0:1 | 54% (186) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (367 to 354); teachers up 25% (17 to 21.2).
About Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies is an elementary school in Westwego, Louisiana, according to federal school records. It enrolled 354 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
Jefferson Parish counts 74 schools and 46,790 students, including Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies.
Black students form the largest group at Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies, 33% of enrollment. Other groups make up 31% White, 24% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.7:1. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 46% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish is 22 points higher.
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies scores 24.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 76.3% actual versus 51.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Jefferson Parish census figures show that median household income is about $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies is among the 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish.
The closest other public school is Stella Worley Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies is ahead of the 31.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies was 362 in 2020-21 and 354 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.6:1 in 2020-21, and 16.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in Westwego
- Isaac G Joseph Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Stella Worley Middle SchoolMiddle · 235 students
- Joshua Butler Elementary SchoolCombined
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- Stella Worley Middle School0.5 mi · 235
- Isaac G Joseph Elementary School0.8 mi · 439
- L.W. Higgins High School1.8 mi · 1,136
- Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School1.9 mi · 414
- Benjamin Franklin Elem. Math and Science2.0 mi · 739
- Audubon Charter School2.0 mi · 937
Frequently asked questions
About Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced StudiesHow many students attend Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies?
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies serve?
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies is approximately 16.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies?
At Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies, the student body is approximately 31% White, 8% Hispanic, 33% Black, 24% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies public or private?
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.