Summary:
Zip code 70006 in Metairie, Louisiana, is served by a single public elementary school, Alice Birney Elementary School, which enrolls 579 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade and is part of the Jefferson Parish school district.
Alice Birney Elementary presents a mixed academic profile. Its strongest subject is English Language Arts (ELA), where 61% of all students were proficient in the most recent school year, closely matching the district average. Notably, 5th graders achieved a 69% proficiency rate in ELA, outperforming the district. However, Social Studies is a clear weakness, with only 42% of all students proficient—8 points below the district and 13 points below the state. The school's state ranking has been volatile, dropping from the 36th percentile (2-star rating) in 2024-2025 to the 29th percentile (1-star rating) in 2025-2026. A significant red flag is a dramatic one-year decline in overall math proficiency, which fell from 56% to 48%, now trailing both the district and state averages.
Despite these academic challenges, the school has notable strengths. Its student-teacher ratio is a low 11.6:1, suggesting smaller class sizes that can allow for more individualized attention. Additionally, chronic absenteeism is a low 17.5%, significantly better than both the district and state averages, indicating strong daily attendance habits. A curious pattern emerges in math: 3rd graders outperformed the district average in proficiency, but scores dropped sharply in 4th and 5th grades, suggesting a potential issue with the upper-grade math curriculum. While 63.9% of students come from low-income households, the school's low absenteeism rate suggests that academic struggles are not primarily driven by students missing school, pointing instead to other factors like instructional quality or curriculum alignment.
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