Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Summary:

Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is a public elementary school in Westwego, Louisiana, serving 531 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Jefferson Parish school district, which is ranked 72 out of 122 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While the school's student population is predominantly African American (61.39%), which is significantly higher than the surrounding schools, Isaac G Joseph Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of Louisiana elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 566-620 out of 727-730 schools over the past 5 years. The school's performance is particularly low for African American and Hispanic students, who rank in the bottom 10-20% of their respective subgroups statewide. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students (74.19% to 84.15%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Compared to nearby schools in the Jefferson Parish district, Isaac G Joseph Elementary consistently performs worse, even when accounting for similar student demographics and economic factors. The school's declining performance, with its statewide ranking dropping from 350 out of 731 schools in 2018-2019 to 588 out of 675 schools in 2023-2024, suggests the need for comprehensive interventions and targeted support to address the significant challenges facing this school and its students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1525 Spruce Street
       Westwego, LA  70094-4397


(504) 341-6517

District: Jefferson Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
588th of 675 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,217 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  21.1 Help
Number of students:  531

Racial breakdown:

African American:
61.4%
Hispanic:
17.9%
White:
17.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  81.4% Help


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Compare Details Isaac G Joseph Elementary School ranks worse than 87.1% of elementary schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 38th among 47 ranked elementary schools in the Jefferson Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.82. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (61.4%), Hispanic (17.9%), White (17.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 81.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is 21.1. 43 elementary schools in the Jefferson Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School is $17,217, which is the 25th highest among 47 elementary schools in the Jefferson Parish School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Isaac G Joseph Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Isaac G Joseph Elementary School 588th of 675 Louisiana public elementary schools. (See Isaac G Joseph Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Jefferson Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Parish 72nd of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 29.05 560th 725 22.8%
2008 11.26 690th 743 7.1%
2009 14.39 666th 738 9.8%
2010 13.75 682nd 736 7.3%
2011 26.57 603rd 766 21.3%
2012 14.00 702nd 764 8.1%
2013 23.56 651st 772 15.7%
2014 22.95 648th 777 16.6%
2015 36.56 537th 792 32.2%
2016 41.80 478th 742 35.6%
2017 46.98 433rd 739 41.4%
2018 32.18 483rd 728 33.7%
2019 55.30 350th 731 52.1%
2021 16.27 620th 729 15.0%
2022 25.00 566th 727 22.1%
2023 19.85 611th 730 16.3%
2024 16.82 588th 675 12.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.20 266th 333 20.1%
2021 23.32 251st 306 18.0%
2023 26.39 232nd 296 21.6%
2024 35.76 145th 208 30.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.31 360th 682 47.2%
2019 55.71 330th 697 52.7%
2021 19.27 600th 719 16.6%
2022 31.07 526th 724 27.3%
2023 23.78 585th 723 19.1%
2024 21.59 567th 674 15.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 60.01 303rd 684 55.7%
2021 14.96 625th 705 11.3%
2022 18.55 593rd 701 15.4%
2023 19.20 614th 705 12.9%
2024 13.93 583rd 635 8.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.41 74th 281 73.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 55.77 341st 696 51.0%
2021 22.07 564th 704 19.9%
2022 29.95 515th 712 27.7%
2023 23.17 566th 713 20.6%
2024 22.29 541st 651 16.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.03 263rd 547 51.9%
2019 66.97 157th 559 71.9%
2021 25.90 444th 564 21.3%
2022 25.18 455th 562 19.0%
2023 27.10 452nd 570 20.7%
2024 15.77 466th 509 8.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 26.10 164th 202 18.8%
2022 28.75 175th 220 20.5%
2023 9.00 228th 233 2.1%
2024 29.62 139th 189 26.5%
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Rank History for White students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.50 324th 516 37.2%
2019 35.32 388th 517 25.0%
2021 20.35 457th 522 12.5%
2022 39.50 365th 517 29.4%
2023 31.84 407th 518 21.4%
2024 16.72 403rd 434 7.1%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 520 520
1990 238 267 0 2 3 n/a n/a 0 510
1991 238 258 0 5 2 n/a n/a 0 503
1992 231 248 3 2 2 n/a n/a 0 486
1993 231 238 3 1 6 n/a n/a 0 479
1994 220 248 0 2 7 n/a n/a 0 477
1995 207 226 0 2 6 n/a n/a 0 441
1996 207 226 0 2 6 n/a n/a 0 441
1997 204 220 0 3 6 n/a n/a 0 433
1998 231 197 0 1 8 n/a n/a 0 437
1999 191 196 0 5 5 n/a n/a 0 397
2000 181 196 0 3 5 n/a n/a 0 385
2001 174 177 0 3 4 n/a n/a 0 358
2002 183 177 0 5 6 n/a n/a 0 371
2003 183 177 0 5 6 n/a n/a 0 371
2004 167 169 0 3 5 n/a n/a 0 344
2005 131 148 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 283
2006 119 121 1 5 3 n/a n/a 0 249
2007 112 139 1 6 3 n/a n/a 0 261
2008 114 266 3 7 6 n/a n/a 0 396
2009 152 295 2 11 8 n/a n/a 0 468
2010 125 279 3 11 8 n/a n/a 0 426
2011 120 273 3 15 4 0 3 0 418
2012 133 281 1 14 3 0 8 0 440
2013 138 245 1 18 3 0 15 0 420
2014 132 239 1 20 3 0 19 0 414
2015 130 226 1 21 1 1 16 0 396
2016 119 179 1 18 1 3 17 0 338
2017 110 170 0 15 2 0 14 0 311
2018 89 166 1 17 2 0 9 0 284
2019 99 174 1 11 0 0 14 0 299
2020 92 182 3 14 0 0 16 0 307
2021 96 328 10 60 1 0 16 0 511
2022 87 293 7 62 0 0 16 0 465
2023 91 326 4 95 0 0 15 0 531

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 520 25.0 20.8 84.6
1990 510 28.0 18.2 76.9
1991 503 26.0 19.3 85.7
1992 486 26.0 18.6 86.2
1993 479 27.0 17.7 85.2
1994 477 28.0 17.0 86.6
1995 441 29.0 15.2 85.3
1996 441 29.0 15.2 85.3
1997 433 29.0 14.9 82.9
1998 437 29.0 15.1 82.2
1999 397 26.0 15.3 91.2
2000 385 27.0 14.3 92.5
2001 358 28.0 12.8 89.7
2002 371 26.0 14.3 92.7
2003 371 26.0 14.3 92.7
2004 344 26.0 13.2 91.3
2005 283 22.5 12.6 89.8
2006 249 22.0 11.3 77.1
2007 261 23.3 11.2 71.3
2008 396 25.3 15.7 94.9
2009 468 32.0 14.6 93.4
2010 426 34.0 12.5 94.1
2011 418 31.0 13.4 94.7
2012 440 31.0 14.1 96.8
2013 420 29.9 14.0 97.4
2014 414 29.0 14.2 96.6
2015 396 28.0 14.1 96
2016 338 23.0 14.6 95.3
2017 311 17.0 18.2 82.6
2018 284 16.0 17.7 71.5
2019 299 15.7 19.0 79.3
2020 307 17.0 18.0 84.7
2021 511 26.0 19.6 84.1
2022 465 25.1 18.5 74.2
2023 531 25.0 21.1 81.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 520 25.0 20.8 84.6
1990 510 28.0 18.2 76.9
1991 503 26.0 19.3 85.7
1992 486 26.0 18.6 86.2
1993 479 27.0 17.7 85.2
1994 477 28.0 17.0 86.6
1995 441 29.0 15.2 85.3
1996 441 29.0 15.2 85.3
1997 433 29.0 14.9 82.9
1998 437 29.0 15.1 82.2
1999 397 26.0 15.3 91.2
2000 385 27.0 14.3 92.5
2001 358 28.0 12.8 89.7
2002 371 26.0 14.3 92.7
2003 371 26.0 14.3 92.7
2004 344 26.0 13.2 91.3
2005 283 22.5 12.6 89.8
2006 249 22.0 11.3 77.1
2007 261 23.3 11.2 71.3
2008 396 25.3 15.7 94.9
2009 468 32.0 14.6 93.4
2010 426 34.0 12.5 94.1
2011 418 31.0 13.4 94.7
2012 440 31.0 14.1 96.8
2013 420 29.9 14.0 97.4
2014 414 29.0 14.2 96.6
2015 396 28.0 14.1 96
2016 338 23.0 14.6 95.3
2017 311 17.0 18.2 82.6
2018 284 16.0 17.7 71.5
2019 299 15.7 19.0 79.3
2020 307 17.0 18.0 84.7
2021 511 26.0 19.6 84.1
2022 465 25.1 18.5 74.2
2023 531 25.0 21.1 81.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $12,085
2018 $13,758
2019 $14,205
2020 $14,933
2021 $13,453
2022 $17,217

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Isaac G Joseph Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 350th of 731 Elementary schoolsRanks 611th of 730 Elementary schools
 35.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)7848
 30%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Parish)7058
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6964
 5%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)6144
 17%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Parish)6552
 13%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7062
 8%
3rd Grade Social Studies (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)3627
 9%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Parish)4736
 11%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)4744
 3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)7130
 41%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Parish)6757
 10%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6965
 4%
4th Grade Social Studies (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)7141
 30%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Parish)5147
 4%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5153
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)7422
 52%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Parish)6354
 9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6359
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)7455
 19%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Jefferson Parish)6761
 6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
5th Grade Social Studies (Isaac G Joseph Elementary School)3723
 14%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Jefferson Parish)5642
 14%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5448
 6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students299531
 77.6%
African American174326
 87.4%
American Indian00
Asian14
 300%
Hispanic1195
 763.6%
Pacific Islander00
White9991
 8.1%
Two or More Races1415
 7.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients79.3%81.4%
 2.1%


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Students at Isaac G Joseph Elementary School are 61% African American, 18% Hispanic, 17% White, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 531 students attended Isaac G Joseph Elementary School.

Isaac G Joseph Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.9% of Louisiana elementary schools.


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