High · Regular · Grades 6 to 12

Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Avondale, LA

CEP schoolPatrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy is a public high school in Avondale, part of Jefferson Parish. It enrolled 871 students in 2024-25, with 18.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 871
Teachers (FTE): 47.0
Students per teacher: 18.5
Grades: 6 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.0 higher 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 school18.5

District14.5

Louisiana13.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 701 Churchill Pkwy, Avondale, LA 70094
Phone: (504)838-2249
District: Jefferson Parish
County: Jefferson Parish
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 220084001667

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School meals

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

Free lunch: 226
Reduced-price lunch: 154
Free or reduced-price lunch: 38043.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 198Students 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 high schools in Jefferson Parish

Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School 2,376 students
John Ehret High School 1,850 students
West Jefferson High School 1,438 students
East Jefferson High School 1,381 students
Riverdale High School 1,259 students
L.W. Higgins High School 1,136 students
Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies 872 students
Jefferson RISE Charter School 764 students
Young Audiences Charter High School 643 students
Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies 527 students
Fisher Middle/High School 498 students
Strehle Community School 145 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.