Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000615
William Hart Elementary School
2001 Hancock Street, Gretna, LA 70053 · (504) 366-4346 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- 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
10.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
217 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
47%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
20.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp 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 20 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 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% 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 William Hart Elementary School
William Hart Elementary School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hart Elementary School this school | 320 | 67.8% | 19.3% |
| Bridgedale Elementary School Metairie | 491 | 70.5% | 28.7% |
| G.T. Woods School Kenner | 375 | 70.4% | 17.0% |
| Green Park Elementary School Metairie | 433 | 67.7% | 26.0% |
| Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School Kenner | 542 | 69.6% | 16.5% |
| McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School Gretna | 342 | 72.5% | 13.5% |
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 William Hart Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #458 of 583 | #38 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #437 of 582 ▲ 81 | #33 of 48 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #465 of 587 ▼ 29 | #37 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #128 of 540 | #9 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #512 of 714 | #51 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #86 of 655 | #7 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #366 of 655 | #45 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #437 of 705 | #31 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #337 of 436 | #12 of 22 |
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
320
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 320 | 29.3 | 10.9:1 | 68% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 23.9 | 14.9:1 | 62% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 21.5 | 17.4:1 | 60% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 16 | 20.2:1 | 68% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 62% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 29 | 11.5:1 | 93% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 94% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 97% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Hart Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (344 to 320); teachers up 54% (19 to 29.3).
About William Hart Elementary School
Gretna, Louisiana, is home to William Hart Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It enrolls 320 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 29% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana (about 453).
Jefferson Parish is the district for William Hart Elementary School. It has 74 schools and 46,790 students.
About 68% of the student body at William Hart Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 25% Black and 4% White. County-wide, 19% of Jefferson Parish residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
William Hart Elementary School reports a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher, from 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 14.0:1. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 68% average for public schools in Jefferson Parish.
William Hart Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 35.5%. William Hart Elementary School posts 19.3%, 16.2 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Jefferson Parish area, the median household earns about $65,252 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Jefferson Parish, 86 public schools serve about 47,983 students.
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of William Hart Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. William Hart Elementary School is 4th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, William Hart Elementary School enrolled 323; in 2024-25, 320. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.9:1.
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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
- Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Young Audiences Charter High SchoolHigh · 643 students
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced StudiesHigh · 527 students
- George Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies0.6 mi · 355
- McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School0.6 mi · 342
- Young Audiences Charter School0.7 mi · 1,077
- Young Audiences Charter High School0.8 mi · 643
- Ruppel Academie Francaise0.9 mi · 362
- Frederick Douglass Community School1.0 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About William Hart Elementary SchoolHow large is William Hart Elementary School?
William Hart Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does William Hart Elementary School serve?
William Hart Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at William Hart Elementary School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at William Hart Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at William Hart Elementary School?
At William Hart Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 68% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is William Hart Elementary School public or private?
William Hart Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.