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Black student results in Jefferson Parish

Across 63 schools in Jefferson Parish, 30.3% of Black students meet mastery or above. That is 7.8 points above the Louisiana average for Black students.

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31.9%
All students
30.3%
Black
30.6%
Hispanic
38.8%
White
53.5%
Asian

Average across the 63 schools in Jefferson Parish with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 56 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Gretna No. 2 Academy For Advanced Studies reports 87% of Black students meeting the standard. Frederick Douglass Community School, in the same district, reports 7%. That is a 80-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Jefferson Parish

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting mastery or above. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Metairie Academy For Advanced Studies Magnet 95% 98% 93% 95% 99%
Haynes Academy School For Advanced Studies Magnet 94% 87% 94% 94% 96%
Gretna No. 2 Academy For Advanced Studies Magnet 91% 87% 92% 94% 94%
Thomas Jefferson High School For Advanced Studies Magnet 91% 85% 98% 88% 96%
Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy Magnet 87% 82% 94% 86% 93%
Airline Park Academy For Advanced Studies Magnet 93% 80% 92% 93% 96%
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School 33% 75% 22% 34%
Fisher Middle/high School 32% 69% 23% 34%
Ray St. Pierre Academy For Advanced Studies Magnet 74% 65% 74% 74% 90%
Ruppel Academie Francaise 72% 64% 80% 77% 79%
Rudolph Matas School 36% 44% 31% 36% 61%
J.c. Ellis School Magnet 41% 38% 37% 44% 62%
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Charter 42% 31% 43% 46% 50%
Bridgedale Elementary School 27% 30% 22% 48% 25%
Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Charter 40% 30% 39% 42% 57%
Marie B. Riviere Elementary School 31% 29% 29% 47% 34%
Allen Ellender School 38% 28% 42% 41% 44%
Walter Schneckenburger Elem School 30% 28% 21% 56% 27%
Paul J. Solis Elementary School 30% 27% 29% 29% 58%
Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School 32% 27% 28% 34% 58%
A.c. Alexander School 27% 26% 25% 31% 31%
John James Audubon School 28% 26% 25% 27% 81%
Alice Birney Elementary School 25% 26% 19% 44% 31%
George Cox Elementary School 23% 26% 19% 25% 59%
Bissonet Plaza School 26% 25% 20% 37% 55%
Harahan School 26% 25% 26% 24% 58%
Harold Keller Elementary School 28% 25% 23% 41% 50%
Terrytown Elementary School 17% 25% 14% 37%
Laureate Academy Charter School Charter 26% 25% 39% 25% 65%
Phoebe Hearst School 26% 24% 27% 26% 33%
Green Park Elementary School 26% 23% 24% 33% 50%
Jefferson School 23% 23% 21% 26% 21%
John Clancy/joseph Maggiore Elementary School Magnet 25% 23% 19% 49% 46%
Ralph J Bunche Elementary 30% 23% 33% 44%
Joseph C Moscona School 27% 22% 22% 36% 50%
T.h. Harris Middle School 19% 22% 16% 26% 33%
Hazel Park/hilda Knoff School 27% 22% 22% 34% 80%
G.t. Woods School 19% 22% 16% 40%
J.d. Meisler Middle School 20% 20% 17% 32% 48%
Woodland West School 23% 20% 18% 31% 39%
Chateau Estates School 26% 20% 24% 35% 64%
Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School Magnet 22% 19% 15% 33% 65%
Jefferson Rise Charter School Charter 19% 19% 15% 22% 40%
John Q. Adams Middle School 19% 18% 14% 28% 55%
Shirley Johnson/gretna Park Elementary School 21% 18% 20% 19% 67%
L.h. Marrero Middle School Magnet 21% 18% 17% 24% 60%
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School 22% 16% 22% 26% 55%
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School Magnet 27% 16% 30% 31% 53%
Young Audiences Charter School Charter 20% 16% 23% 36% 66%
William Hart Elementary School 19% 15% 15% 67%
Woodmere School 15% 15% 14% 21% 3%
Tom Benson School 15% 14% 16% 23% 14%
Lincoln School For The Arts Magnet 17% 14% 31% 25%
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School 16% 13% 14% 22% 38%
Isaac G Joseph Elementary School 22% 13% 30% 26% 47%
Stella Worley Middle School 16% 13% 16% 26% 32%
Emmett C.gilbert School Of Excellence At Ford 14% 12% 14% 21% 59%
Livaudais Middle School 15% 12% 13% 22% 44%
Mcdonogh 26/homedale Elementary School 14% 12% 11% 16% 37%
Lucille Cherbonnier School 12% 11% 15% 6%
Harry S Truman School 13% 11% 16% 18% 40%
Estelle School 12% 8% 11% 21% 12%
Frederick Douglass Community School Alt 10% 7% 3% 17% 54%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Louisiana suppresses results under FERPA and marks groups under ten students as NR. Where the Advanced share is masked as under 5%, proficiency is derived from the reported lower achievement levels. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,016 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Louisiana figures should not be compared against another state's.

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