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What's the most underrated thing about Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000612
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School
1130 Gretna Boulevard, Gretna, LA 70053 · (504) 366-1660 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
484 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 | 60 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
31.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School this school | 671 | 72.1% | 23.0% |
| Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School Terrytown | 615 | 72.5% | 26.5% |
| John James Audubon School Kenner | 572 | 74.3% | 26.2% |
| Riveroaks Elementary School Baton Rouge | 492 | 66.7% | 22.7% |
| Jefferson School Jefferson | 619 | 73.2% | 24.2% |
| Ralph J Bunche Elementary Metairie | 470 | 72.6% | 27.8% |
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 Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #407 of 583 | #32 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #319 of 582 ▲ 75 | #15 of 48 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #464 of 587 ▲ 65 | #36 of 50 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #170 of 540 | #14 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #92 of 714 | #9 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #493 of 655 | #42 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #209 of 655 | #29 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #385 of 705 | #21 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #124 of 197 | #19 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
671
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 671 | 44.3 | 15.1:1 | 72% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 60% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 38.6 | 18.0:1 | 63% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 34 | 20.1:1 | 62% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 55% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 88% (469) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 96% (561) |
| 2000-01 | 694 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 91% (634) |
| 1990-91 | 794 | 46 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (620 to 671); teachers up 27% (35 to 44.3).
About Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Gretna, Louisiana. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 671 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Louisiana is roughly 453 students; this school is 48% above that.
Jefferson Parish operates 74 schools. Combined enrollment is 46,790 students.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 34% Black, 6% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Jefferson Parish, the Hispanic share is about 19%. By the diversity index, Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School comes in at 58%.
The school reports 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.1 students per teacher. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%.
allk12 grades Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 32.4%. Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School scores 23.0%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson Parish, median household income is about $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is among the 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish.
Nearby, Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 682 to 671, a small change. The ratio was 20.1:1 in 2020-21 and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Paul J. Solis Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 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
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies0.1 mi · 527
- Frederick Douglass Community School1.0 mi · 40
- Ruppel Academie Francaise1.4 mi · 362
- Terrytown Elementary School1.4 mi · 611
- West Jefferson High School1.4 mi · 1,438
- JCFA1.5 mi · 127
Frequently asked questions
About Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School?
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School serve?
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School?
At Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 55% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School?
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.