Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School

Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school in Gretna, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish. The school works with 671 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 453.

Jefferson Parish comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 46,790 students; Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 34% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 24.3%.

In the area at large, Jefferson Parish reports that median household income runs about $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 55.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 671 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 45% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.