William Hart Elementary School

William Hart Elementary School is one of the small elementary schools in Gretna, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish, with 320 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 453.

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

In terms of who attends, William Hart Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 25% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting William Hart Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at William Hart Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, William Hart Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.6%; William Hart Elementary School posts 20.3%, -15.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $65,252, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), William Hart Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William Hart Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.4%.

William Hart Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. William Hart Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 320). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 40% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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