Tom Benson School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Kenner, Louisiana, Tom Benson School works with 631 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Jefferson Parish. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 39% above typical.

Across the 74 schools in Jefferson Parish (46,790 students total), Tom Benson School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Tom Benson School logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 6% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Tom Benson School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.0%; Tom Benson School posts 13.3%, -25.7 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jefferson Parish put median household earnings sit near $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Tom Benson School is one.

Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tom Benson School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tom Benson School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tom Benson School has rose 14%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 45% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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