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St. Clement of Rome School (Metairie) St. Cletus School (Gretna) St. Edward the Confessor School (Metairie) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School (Kenner) St. Francis Xavier School (Metairie) St. Louis, King of France (Metairie) - On September 7, 1953, the school opened. Its initial enrollment was 40 students. Its peak enrollment was 1,500, though its ...
There is one zoned public high school in Metairie: East Jefferson High School. Additionally, many residents are zoned to Alfred Bonnabel High School in Kenner and Riverdale High School in Jefferson. [50] [39] Previously, some residents were zoned to Grace King High School in Metairie. [51] King closed in 2023. [52] Magnet public school
In 1981 it had about 61,000 students and 75 schools. By 2012 it had 81 schools but about 46,000. That year there was a proposal to close seven schools. [5] Of the nine the Jefferson Parish School Board members, eight voted in favor of the closures and one voted against. [6]
Ridgewood Preparatory School was founded in 1948 by Ottis O. Stuckey as a college preparatory school for boys in grades kindergarten through twelve. The original address was 201 Northline in Old Metairie. The school became co-educational in 1952. The campus was moved in 1972 to the present address at 201 Pasadena Avenue in Metairie, Louisiana.
From the 1940s to the 1970s, Jefferson's population swelled with an influx of middle-class white families from Orleans Parish.The parish's population doubled in size from 1940 to 1950 and again from 1950 to 1960 as the parents behind the post–World War II baby boom, profiting from rising living standards and dissatisfied with their old neighborhoods, chose relocation to new neighborhoods of ...
Mississippi River north of Canal St. Algiers Ferry 29°57′20″N 90°03′18″W / 29.9556°N 90.055°W / 29.9556; -90.055 Formerly a National Historic Landmark , designation removed in 2023.
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A high school was added to meet the demand, and it remains the only Episcopal High School in the region. The early childhood learning program, George Cottage, was opened in 2004. Nearly four thousand students have graduated from St. Martin's since 1951. Ownership of the school was transferred to the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana during the 1960s.