📍 4924 City Park Drive, Lafitte, Jefferson Parish, 70067
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lafitte, Jefferson Parish. The school has 403 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School enrolls 403 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 307 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 15% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
216 of the school's 403 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 216 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-10, state senate district 8, state house district 84.
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is one of 82 schools in Jefferson Parish, based in Harvey, Louisiana. The district serves 46,790 students district-wide and employs 2,577 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 403 students, Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 571 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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