Jefferson Parish Public Schools is a school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 based in Harvey

Harvey, Louisiana

Harvey is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Harvey is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Jefferson Parish

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna....

, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, United States

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. The district operates all public schools in Jefferson Parish. In October 2009, the release of annual school performance scores by the state revealed that Jefferson Parish's public school system posted its largest-ever increase in performance score, to 78.4, though the performance score remains significantly below the state average of 91. In recent years, more rapid growth in the performance score of New Orleans Public Schools

New Orleans Public Schools

New Orleans Public Schools is a public school system that serves all of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Schools within the system are governed by a multitude of entities, including the Orleans Parish School Board , which directly administers 4 schools and has granted charters to another 12,...

 schools, to 70.6 by the same metric, suggests that after decades of underperformance, inner-city New Orleans public schools performance could surpass that of Jefferson Parish - a possibility unimaginable before Hurricane Katrina.

K-12 schools

• Grand Isle School http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/grandisle.html (Grand Isle
  Grand Isle, Louisiana
  Grand Isle is a town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, located on a barrier island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico. The island is at the mouth of Barataria Bay where it meets the gulf. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,541; during summers, the population sometimes increases to...
  
  )

6-12 schools

• Haynes Academy For Advanced Studies http://haynes.jppss.k12.la.us-Metairie, LA

7-12 schools

• Fisher Middle-High School http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/fisher.html - Jean Lafitte
  Jean Lafitte, Louisiana
  Jean Lafitte is a town on Bayou Barataria in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is named after the privateer Jean Lafitte. The population was 2,137 at the 2000 census...
  
  

7-10 schools

(unzoned)

• Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/taylor.html (Unincorporated, Jefferson)

East Bank

• Alfred Bonnabel High School
  Alfred Bonnabel High School
  Alfred Bonnabel High School is a public school in Kenner, Louisiana, and is part of Jefferson Parish Public Schools, the largest public school system in Louisiana...
  
   http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/bonnabel.html - Kenner
• East Jefferson High School
  East Jefferson High School
  East Jefferson High School is a public high school located in Metairie in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.East Jefferson High School was built in 1955 in a residential neighborhood. The school serves grades 9-12. It is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools system....
  
   - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Grace King High School
  Grace King High School
  Grace King High School is a public high school located in Metairie, unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools....
  
   - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Riverdale High School
  Riverdale High School (Louisiana)
  Riverdale High School is a public secondary school in Jefferson, unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools.-History:...
  
   http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/riverdale.html - (Unincorporated, Jefferson)

West Bank

• Helen Cox High School
  Helen Cox High School
  Helen Cox High School is a high school located in Harvey, in unincorporated area Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.The school is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools system. The school primarily serves the Harvey and Gretna areas of Jefferson Parish...
  
   - (Unincorporated)
• John Ehret High School
  John Ehret High School
  John Ehret High School is a four-year public high school serving grades 9-12 located in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, near Marrero....
  
   - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• L.W. Higgins High School http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/higgins.html - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• West Jefferson High School
  West Jefferson High School (Louisiana)
  West Jefferson High School , also known as WJHS, and West Jeff is a public high school located in Harvey in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, just outside of New Orleans. It was founded in 1955. This is one of the schools in Jefferson Parish that offered the Laptop one to...
  
   - (Unincorporated, Harvey)

Alternative high schools, West Bank

• Jefferson High School http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/schools/websites/jefferson.html (Gretna
  Gretna, Louisiana
  The city of Gretna is the parish seat of Jefferson Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. Gretna is on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  )
• John Martyn Alternative School (Metairie, Louisiana)

East Bank

• John Q. Adams Middle School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Ralph J. Bunche Accelerated Academy for High School Preparation - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• T. H. Harris Middle School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Vernon and Gilda Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• J.D. Meisler Middle School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Riverdale Middle School - (Unincorporated, Jefferson)
• Theodore Roosevelt Middle School - Kenner

West Bank

• Allen Ellender Middle School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• Henry Ford Middle School - (Unincorporated, Avondale)
• Gretna Middle School - Gretna
• Livaudais Middle School - (Unincorporated, Gretna address)
• Marrero Middle School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• Ruppel Academy for Advanced Studies - (Unincorporated, Gretna)
• Harry S. Truman Middle School - (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Marrero)
• Stella Worley Middle School - Westwego

East Bank

Zoned

• Airline Park Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• A. C. Alexander Elementary School - Kenner
• John James Audubon Elementary School - Kenner
• Alice Birney Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Bissonet Plaza Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Bridgedale Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Chateau Estates Elementary School - Kenner
• John Clancy Elementary School - Kenner
• Ella Dolhonde Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• J.C. Ellis Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Greenlawn Terrace Elementary School - Kenner
• Green Park Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Harahan Elementary School - Harahan
• Hazel Park Hilda Knoff Elementary School - (Unincorporated, River Ridge)
• Phoebe Hearst Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Jefferson Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Jefferson)
• Harold Keller Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Joseph S. Maggiore, Sr. Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Rudolph Matas Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• Marie Riviere Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Metairie)
• W. G. Schneckenburger Elementary School - Kenner
• Washington Elementary School - Kenner
• Granville T. Woods Elementary School - Kenner

Unzoned

• Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies - (Unincorporated, Metairie)

West Bank

Zoned

• Ames Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School - (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Terrytown)
• Bridge City Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Bridge City)
• Joshua Butler Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Bridge City)
• Lucile Cherbonnier Elementary School (Unincorporated, Waggaman)
• George A. Cox Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Timberlane)
• Fred Douglass Elementary School - Gretna
• Estelle Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• William Hart Elementary School - Gretna
• Homedale Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Harvey)
• Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• Shirley T. Johnson Gretna Park Elementary School - Gretna
• Jean Lafitte Elementary School - Jean Lafitte
• Lincoln Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• Live Oak Manor Elementary School - (Unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Live Oak Manor)
• McDonogh #26 Elementary School - Gretna
• Kate Middleton Elementary School - Gretna
• Ella C. Pittman Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Harvey)
• Vic A. Pitre Elementary School - Westwego
• Norbert Rillieux Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Waggaman)
• Bonella A. St. Ville Accelerated Academy - (Unincorporated, Harvey)
• Paul J. Solis Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Timberlane)
• Catherine Strehle Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Avondale)
• Terrytown Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Terrytown)
• Miller Wall Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Marrero)
• Westwego Elementary School - Westwego
• Woodland West Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Harvey)
• Woodmere Elementary School - (Unincorporated, Harvey)

Unzoned

• Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies - Gretna
• Marrero Academy for Advanced Studies - Marrero

Kindergartens

• Harvey Kindergarten School (Unincorporated, Harvey)

External links

• Jefferson Parish Public Schools