Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8
Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford, Avondale, LA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 769
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- 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.
School details
- Address
- 435 South Jamie Boulevard, Avondale, LA 70094
- Phone
- (504)436-2474
- District
- Jefferson Parish
- County
- Jefferson Parish
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 220084000605
School meals
- Free lunch
- 564
- Reduced-price lunch
- 46
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 61079.3% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 503Students 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
- Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy 731 students
- Allen Ellender School 727 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
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.