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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000649
Terrytown Elementary School
550 East Forest Lawn Drive, Terrytown, LA 70056 · (504) 376-8928 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
367 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 | 48 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
33%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
25.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
25.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Terrytown Elementary School
Terrytown Elementary School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrytown Elementary School this school | 611 | 60.1% | 16.3% |
| Phoebe Hearst School Metairie | 602 | 59.3% | 24.2% |
| Marie B. Riviere Elementary School Metairie | 526 | 62.4% | 31.7% |
| Tom Benson School Kenner | 631 | 62.9% | 14.5% |
| John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School Kenner | 545 | 58.2% | 26.8% |
| Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School Kenner | 542 | 69.6% | 16.5% |
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 Terrytown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #499 of 583 | #43 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #378 of 582 ▲ 38 | #26 of 48 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #482 of 587 ▲ 14 | #40 of 50 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #75 of 540 | #4 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #139 of 714 | #16 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #189 of 655 | #16 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #482 of 655 | #51 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #539 of 705 | #44 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #111 of 197 | #18 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
611
+87 (+17%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 611 | 50.2 | 12.2:1 | 60% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 47.4 | 13.5:1 | 52% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 36.2 | 17.3:1 | 52% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 56% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 52% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 94% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 94% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 79% (550) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 36 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Terrytown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (557 to 611); teachers up 73% (29 to 50.2).
About Terrytown Elementary School
This page covers Terrytown Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Terrytown, Louisiana. The school had 611 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Louisiana) has about 453 students.
Jefferson Parish operates 74 schools. Combined enrollment is 46,790 students.
The student body at Terrytown Elementary School is 80% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 14% Black and 5% White. Among people living in Jefferson Parish, the Hispanic share is about 19%. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 50.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.2:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Terrytown Elementary School is 60%.
Terrytown Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 41.1% for Terrytown Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 16.3%. The 24.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
Census estimates describe Jefferson Parish this way: the median household income is $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Terrytown Elementary School, Jefferson Parish has 85 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Terrytown Elementary School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Livaudais Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Terrytown Elementary School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Terrytown Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 611 students in 2024-25, 87 more than the 524 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.1:1 to 12.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Terrytown Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Terrytown
- Athlos Academy of Jefferson ParishElementary · 1,012 students
- Livaudais Middle SchoolMiddle · 743 students
- Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
Nearby schools
- Livaudais Middle School1.0 mi · 743
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies1.3 mi · 527
- William Hart Elementary School1.3 mi · 320
- Dorothy Height Charter School1.3 mi · 878
- Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School1.4 mi · 615
- Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Terrytown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Terrytown Elementary School?
Terrytown Elementary School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades PK-05.
Is Terrytown Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Terrytown Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Terrytown Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Terrytown Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Terrytown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Terrytown Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 80% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Terrytown Elementary School?
Terrytown 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.