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What's something Young Audiences Charter School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,077
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000638
Young Audiences Charter School
1407 Virgil Street, Gretna, LA 70113 · (504) 717-1200 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,077 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.0:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
969 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 | 29 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 151 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 41% smaller than its 8th grade class (151).
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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
26.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Young Audiences Charter School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Audiences Charter School this school | 1,077 | 90.0% | 20.3% |
| KIPP Morial New Orleans | 951 | 88.2% | N/A |
| KIPP Leadership New Orleans | 890 | 90.7% | N/A |
| LaPlace Elementary School LaPlace | 710 | 86.5% | 19.2% |
| Mildred Osborne Charter School New Orleans | 850 | 84.1% | N/A |
| Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy Lake Charles | 852 | 82.9% | N/A |
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 Young Audiences Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #443 of 583 | #36 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #504 of 582 ▼ 7 | #40 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #475 of 587 ▼ 57 | #39 of 50 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #215 of 540 | #16 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,077 | #9 of 714 | #1 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #560 of 655 | #45 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #375 of 655 | #46 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #124 of 705 | #1 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.0% | #29 of 197 | #7 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
1,077
-146 (-12%) vs 2020
+340% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 1,077 | 67.4 | 16.0:1 | 90% (969) |
| 2023-24 | 1,087 | 63.5 | 17.1:1 | 87% (941) |
| 2022-23 | 1,073 | 64.7 | 16.6:1 | 85% (908) |
| 2020-21 | 1,223 | 60 | 20.4:1 | 77% (940) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 40.9 | 18.7:1 | 77% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 55 | 10.8:1 | 90% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 96% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 180 | 14 | 12.9:1 | 84% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 11 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Young Audiences Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (764 to 1,077); teachers up 65% (40.9 to 67.4).
About Young Audiences Charter School
In Gretna, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Parish, Young Audiences Charter School is an elementary school. It enrolls 1,077 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 138% larger than the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Jefferson Parish enrolls 46,790 students in 74 schools, including Young Audiences Charter School.
The student body at Young Audiences Charter School is 70% Black. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic and 9% White. Jefferson Parish's residents are about 26% Black, 45 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Young Audiences Charter School are from different groups.
There are about 16.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Young Audiences Charter School, which has 67.4. Elementary schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 14.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 90%. That rate is above the 68% average among public schools in Jefferson Parish.
Young Audiences Charter School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Young Audiences Charter School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.3% versus 19.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Louisiana.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson Parish show that median household income comes to about $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 86, with about 47,983 students.
Young Audiences Charter High School is about 0.2 miles from Young Audiences Charter School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Young Audiences Charter School places 2nd of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Young Audiences Charter School as a charter school.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 12%, from 1,223 to 1,077. Students per teacher dropped from 20.4 in 2020-21 to 16.0 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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
- Ruppel Academie FrancaiseElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Young Audiences Charter High School0.2 mi · 643
- McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School0.6 mi · 342
- William Hart Elementary School0.7 mi · 320
- L.B. Landry High School1.1 mi · 555
- Harriet Tubman Charter School1.3 mi · 901
- Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies1.3 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Young Audiences Charter SchoolHow many students attend Young Audiences Charter School?
Young Audiences Charter School enrolls approximately 1,077 students in grades PK-08.
Is Young Audiences Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Young Audiences Charter School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Young Audiences Charter School have?
Young Audiences Charter School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Young Audiences Charter School?
Student demographics at Young Audiences Charter School are roughly 9% White, 18% Hispanic, 70% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Young Audiences Charter School?
Young Audiences Charter School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
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