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Thomas Jefferson High School For Advanced Studies

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

17 Gretna Blvd

Gretna LA, 70053, Jefferson County

Phone: 504-363-4300

Ranking:

(4 out of 276, top 1%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Jefferson Parish School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	26		23		24		21		27		22		16
Total Students:	454		452		417		361		290		257		218
Grade 9:	119	26.2%	124	27.4%	123	29.5%	118	32.7%	107	36.9%	67	26.1%	44	20.2%
Grade 10:	115	25.3%	120	26.5%	117	28.1%	103	28.5%	75	25.9%	59	23.0%	44	20.2%
Grade 11:	111	24.4%	113	25.0%	103	24.7%	75	20.8%	66	22.8%	46	17.9%	NA	NA
Grade 12:	109	24.0%	95	21.0%	74	17.7%	65	18.0%	42	14.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	196	43.2%	201	44.5%	182	43.6%	158	43.8%	123	42.4%	110	42.8%	95	43.6%
Female:	258	56.8%	251	55.5%	235	56.4%	203	56.2%	159	54.8%	139	54.1%	119	54.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	4	1.0%	6	1.7%	7	2.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.5%
Asian:	62	13.7%	69	15.3%	60	14.4%	45	12.5%	39	13.4%	38	14.8%	31	14.2%
Hispanic:	30	6.6%	31	6.9%	39	9.4%	14	3.9%	24	8.3%	9	3.5%	6	2.8%
Black:	153	33.7%	144	31.9%	125	30.0%	98	27.1%	76	26.2%	71	27.6%	63	28.9%
White:	182	40.1%	191	42.3%	173	41.5%	183	50.7%	144	49.7%	138	53.7%	117	53.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	4.6%	13	2.9%	15	3.6%	15	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	148	32.6%	137	30.3%	137	32.9%	101	28.0%	81	27.9%	72	28.0%	65	29.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	10.1%	47	10.4%	41	9.8%	34	9.4%	38	13.1%	40	15.6%	37	17.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.46		19.65		17.38		17.19		10.74		11.70		13.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
GEE
2008	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	98%	50%	58%
2009	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	99%	60%	62%
2010	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	96%	56%	63%
2011	English Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	96%	50%	57%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	100%	54%	65%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	99%	57%	59%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	100%	63%	69%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	99%	63%	65%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	98%	50%	55%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	98%	51%	60%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	101%	53%	62%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	99%	55%	58%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	100%	55%	65%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	100%	52%	63%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	100%	57%	64%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	100%	60%	66%
iLEAP
2007	English Language Arts	6th Grade	% met std	97%	48%	62%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	100%	49%	62%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	93%	43%	55%
2007	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	90%	45%	57%
2007	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	97%	50%	59%
2008	English Language Arts	7th Grade	% met std	100%	52%	61%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	97%	50%	59%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	92%	49%	55%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	95%	47%	53%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	94%	46%	53%
2007	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	98%	52%	59%
2008	Social Studies	7th Grade	% met std	100%	53%	60%
2007	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	100%	50%	57%
2008	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	100%	52%	57%
2009	English Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	99%	60%	62%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90%	44%	55%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98%	50%	58%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	99%	57%	59%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	44%	54%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	100%	45%	53%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	98%	50%	55%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	48%	55%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	100%	46%	53%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	99%	55%	58%
2007	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	100%	47%	58%
2008	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	100%	51%	62%
2009	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	99%	55%	65%
2010	English Language Arts	9th Grade	% met std	100%	57%	64%
2007	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	100%	45%	57%
2008	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	95%	48%	61%
2009	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	100%	56%	64%
2010	Mathematics	9th Grade	% met std	100%	61%	65%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	53.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	69.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,376.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,237.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,104.0

* Thomas Jefferson High School For Advanced Studies was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.