Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Allen Ellender School, Marrero, LA

CEP schoolAllen Ellender School is a public elementary school in Marrero, part of Jefferson Parish. It enrolled 727 students in 2024-25, with 14.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 727
Teachers (FTE): 50.0
Students per teacher: 14.5
Grades: PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.5. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.5

District14.5

Louisiana13.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 4501 East Ames Boulevard, Marrero, LA 70072
Phone: (504)341-9469
District: Jefferson Parish
County: Jefferson Parish
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 220084000599

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 455
Reduced-price lunch: 87
Free or reduced-price lunch: 54274.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 416Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Jefferson Parish

Young Audiences Charter School 1,077 students
Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School 868 students
Paul J. Solis Elementary School 777 students
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford 769 students
Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy 731 students
Harry S Truman School 717 students
Shirley Johnson/Gretna Park Elementary School 671 students
Tom Benson School 631 students
Woodland West School 631 students
Woodmere School 629 students
Bissonet Plaza School 624 students
Jefferson School 619 students

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.