Summary:
Zip code 70067, covering the Lafitte, LA area, is home to a single public school: Leo E. Kerner Junior Elementary School, a PK-5 school with 360 students in the Jefferson Parish school district.
As the only school in the area, Leo E. Kerner Junior Elementary School shows a mixed but notable performance profile. The school stands out for outperforming its district in Mathematics (65% vs. 54%) and Social Studies (57% vs. 50%), and it meets or exceeds the state average in these subjects. However, it lags behind the state in English Language Arts (64% vs. 70%), with a particularly weak point in 3rd grade where only 51% of students are proficient compared to 64% statewide. The school has a high rate of economic disadvantage, with 64.44% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. A significant concern is chronic absenteeism, which at 27.7% is notably higher than both the district (21.5%) and state (22.5%) averages.
Key trends warrant attention. The school's state ranking has declined over three years, dropping from the 63rd percentile in 2023-2024 to the 51st percentile in 2025-2026. This aligns with a sharp year-over-year drop in test scores from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with Mathematics falling from 74% to 65% and ELA from 71% to 64%. While the school demonstrates strength in math and social studies despite its high poverty rate, the declining ranking, rising chronic absenteeism, and recent test score drops—especially in ELA—suggest systemic challenges that need to be addressed to reverse the trend.
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