How many white students were enrolled in Jefferson Parish schools in 2022-23 school year?

LA State Superintendent Cade Brumley 2023 | Louisiana Department of Education

By Nola Reporter

Nov 4, 2023

There were 10,268 white students enrolled in Jefferson Parish schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.3% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Jefferson Parish welcomed 48,302 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 21.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 84 schools in Jefferson Parish, Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 855 students.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.

Ethnicities in Jefferson Parish in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Jefferson Parish Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of White students enrollment	Enrollment of White Students
Grand Isle High School	85.7%	72
Leo E. Kerner Jr. Elementary School	77.4%	302
Fisher Middle/High School	76.4%	349
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies	61.9%	219
Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies	58.1%	507
Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies	56.7%	234
Harahan Elementary School	45.7%	205
Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy	45.1%	375
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy	43.9%	290
Rudolph Matas School	43.4%	251
Allen Ellender School	43.4%	283
Riverside Alternative High School	42.9%	15
Paul J. Solis Elementary School	41.8%	292
Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy	38.5%	855
Ella Dolhonde Elementary School	36.7%	195
Riverdale High School	35.4%	350
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies	34.2%	120
Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies	34.1%	115
Jcfa-East	33.6%	45
Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff School	31%	131
Jefferson Rise Charter School	29.6%	205
Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School	29%	181
Ruppel Academie Francaise	29%	64
Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies	28.1%	147
J. C. Ellis Elementary School	27.7%	161
Ella C. Pittman Elementary School	27.3%	137
Jefferson Virtual High School	26.9%	32
Jcfa	21.9%	25
Walter Schneckenburger Elementary School	20.7%	68
Joshua Butler Elementary School	19.9%	67
East Jefferson High School	19.6%	234
L. H. Marrero Middle School	19.2%	122
Woodland West Elementary School	19.2%	135
Jefferson Elementary School	19.1%	118
Bissonet Plaza Elementary School	19%	113
Myrtle C. Thibodeaux Elementary School	17.3%	88
Green Park Elementary School	16.9%	73
Young Audiences Charter High School	16.5%	86
Chateau Estates Elementary School	16.5%	102
Westbank Community School	16.2%	13
Marie B. Riviere Elementary School	16.2%	91
Laureate Academy Charter School	16.2%	73
John Ehret High School	16%	224
Estelle Elementary School	15.8%	105
Stella Worley Middle School	15.1%	67
Harold Keller Elementary School	15%	92
J. J. Audubon Elementary School	15%	91
Young Audiences Charter School	14.2%	144
Henry Ford Middle School	14%	90
Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School	13.9%	42
John Q. Adams Middle School	13.9%	113
Lucille Cherbonnier/Norbert Rillieux Elementary School	13.9%	38
Mildred S. Harris Elementary School	13.8%	52
A. C. Alexander Elementary School	13.7%	87
L. W. Higgins High School	13.4%	119
T. H. Harris Middle School	13.1%	87
Grace King High School	12.6%	161
John Martyn Community School	12.5%	18
George Cox Elementary School	12.5%	50
Bridgedale Elementary School	11.9%	61
Alice Birney Elementary School	11.7%	66
J. D. Meisler Middle School	11.2%	77
Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School	11.1%	56
Gretna Middle School	10.2%	54
Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School	9.9%	125
McDonogh 26/Homedale Elementary School	9.2%	32
Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School	9.2%	24
Helen Cox High School	9.2%	75
Phoebe Hearst School	9%	58
Harry S. Truman Middle School	8%	40
John Clancy/Joseph Maggiore Elementary School	7.8%	40
Livaudais Middle School	7.4%	41
Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish	7.4%	81
Theodore Roosevelt Middle School	6.9%	50
Bonella A. St. Ville Elementary School	6.4%	25
Terrytown Elementary School	6.1%	36
Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School	5.9%	35
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School	5.8%	37
West Jefferson High School	5.6%	75
Washington Montessori	5.4%	13
Lincoln Elementary School for The Arts	5.4%	24
William Hart Elementary School	3.3%	12
G. T. Woods Elementary School	2.4%	6
Woodmere Elementary School	0.8%	3