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Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy, Jefferson, LA

Charter schoolDr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy is a public elementary school in Jefferson, part of Jefferson Parish. It enrolled 731 students in 2024-25, with 12.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
731
Teachers (FTE)
57.0
Students per teacher
12.8
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.7 lower than 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 school12.8
District14.5
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1108 Shrewsbury, Jefferson, LA 70121
Phone
(504)233-4720
District
Jefferson Parish
County
Jefferson Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
220084002486
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
345
Reduced-price lunch
50
Free or reduced-price lunch
39554.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
263Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.