Young Audiences Charter School

Young Audiences Charter School, a well-populated K-5 school in Gretna, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Parish, works with 1,077 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Young Audiences Charter School sits 138% larger than that benchmark.

Jefferson Parish runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 46,790 students. Young Audiences Charter School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Young Audiences Charter School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 9% White. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Young Audiences Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Young Audiences Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.8%; this one delivers 20.3%.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson Parish shows median household income runs about $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), Young Audiences Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Young Audiences Charter High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Young Audiences Charter School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Young Audiences Charter School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.6%.

Young Audiences Charter School operates from a commuter-belt location. As a public charter, Young Audiences Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 41%: 764 students in 2018 compared to 1,077 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.