Summary:
Metairie, Louisiana, is home to 18 public schools within the Jefferson Parish school district, serving elementary through high school students in a suburban area where the district itself holds a 2-star rating.
The city’s academic landscape is sharply divided, with a trio of "Academy for Advanced Studies" schools leading the pack. Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies was ranked #1 in the state, boasting near-perfect test scores and a chronic absenteeism rate of just 2.1%. Similarly, Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies and Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies also achieve top state rankings with extremely low absenteeism. In contrast, the city’s three middle schools—J.D. Meisler Middle School, John Q. Adams Middle School, and T.H. Harris Middle School—are the lowest-ranked in the city, all receiving 0 or 1-star ratings with high chronic absenteeism rates above 22%. The two high schools present a stark contrast: Haynes Academy has a 0% dropout rate, while East Jefferson High School struggles with a 74.8% graduation rate and a 6.2% dropout rate.
Some schools defy expectations by performing well despite high poverty levels. J.C. Ellis School and Rudolph Matas School both serve populations with over 60% free/reduced lunch rates yet achieve test scores well above district averages. Chronic absenteeism emerges as a key differentiator, with top performers like Airline Park and Haynes Academy having rates below 5%, while struggling schools like T.H. Harris (25.2%) and John Q. Adams (23.5%) face significant attendance challenges. The average student-teacher ratio across the city is 13.2:1, with Marie B. Riviere Elementary School offering the best ratio at 9.7:1 and East Jefferson High School the worst at 19.6:1.
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