Walter Schneckenburger Elem School

Walter Schneckenburger Elem School is a modestly sized primary school in Kenner, Louisiana, one of the schools within Jefferson Parish. The school hosts 327 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Jefferson Parish comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 46,790 students; Walter Schneckenburger Elem School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Walter Schneckenburger Elem School lists that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 26% Black, 20% White, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. 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 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walter Schneckenburger Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 39.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jefferson Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Walter Schneckenburger Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Tom Benson School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Walter Schneckenburger Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walter Schneckenburger Elem School has fell 23%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 30% to 20%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.