Best Public Schools in Lafitte, LA

Summary:

The city of Lafitte, Louisiana has only one public elementary school, Leo E. Kerner Junior Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 398 students. The school is part of the Jefferson Parish school district, which is ranked 73 out of 118 districts in Louisiana and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of a lower-ranked school district, Leo E. Kerner Junior Elementary consistently outperforms the district and state averages in both mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 74%, compared to 52% for Jefferson Parish and 60% for Louisiana. Similarly, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 71%, compared to 62% for Jefferson Parish and 70% for Louisiana. However, the school's statewide ranking has been declining over the past three years, dropping from 223 out of 730 in 2022-2023 to 275 out of 666 in 2024-2025.

One area of concern for Leo E. Kerner Junior Elementary is its high chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6%, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, 50.5% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating that the school serves a community with lower socioeconomic status. Despite these challenges, the school maintains a student-teacher ratio of 14.6, which may contribute to its strong academic performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)			LEAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 4th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	Total
Leo E. Kerner Junior Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4924 City Park Drive	Lafitte	70067	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 689-4136	360	24	15.2	64.4%	282 (78.3%)	9 (2.5%)	41 (11.4%)	4 (1.1%)	17 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	62.4	275^th of 666 public elementary schools	58.7%		66.4	250^th of 675 public elementary schools	63.0%	25	71.0	77.0	74.0	62.0	71.0	71.0	$16,453

Cities Near Lafitte

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Belle Chasse	7.04 mi	5	21^st
Marrero	8.27 mi	11	201^st
Harvey	9.72 mi	7	213^th
Gretna	12.04 mi	11	178^th
Avondale	12.3 mi	3	216^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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