School district · Louisiana
Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish in Louisiana: 32 public schools with 23,743 students and 13.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,958 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 32
- Students
- 23,743
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- LA 13.7 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,958
- LA $15.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,758
- Counselors (FTE)
- 54.7
- Students per counselor
- 434
- LA 408 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 8.1
- Librarians (FTE): 36.5
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Louisiana: 43%60%proficient
−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 99% of school districts in Louisiana
Median 37% · 70 school districts compared
10,336 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Louisiana: 33%51%proficient
+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 97% of school districts in Louisiana
Median 29% · 70 school districts compared
9,951 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 10% · $44.5M
- State
- 32% · $141.9M
- Local
- 57% · $251.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,340
- Support services
- $5,952
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $76.7M
- Long-term debt
- $401.6M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 677 | 14.8 | 72% | 64% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 586 | 13.3 | 73% | 71% | |
Central Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 626 | 14.5 | 50% | 49% |
Donaldsonville Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 371 | 11.6 | — | — |
Duplessis Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 539 | 12.6 | 60% | 36% |
| Pre-K–5 | 541 | 12.5 | 74% | 61% | |
G. W. Carver Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 487 | 11.0 | 46% | 38% |
| Pre-K–5 | 783 | 14.8 | 62% | 59% | |
Gonzales Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 455 | 12.0 | 44% | 43% |
| Pre-K–8 | 1,096 | 13.7 | 58% | 46% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 545 | 12.3 | 55% | 46% | |
Lowery Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 307 | 10.0 | 24% | 22% |
| Pre-K–5 | 725 | 15.4 | 73% | 68% | |
Pecan Grove Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 508 | 10.4 | 58% | 42% |
| Pre-K–5 | 865 | 13.1 | 72% | 72% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 638 | 13.4 | 60% | 52% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 480 | 13.9 | 73% | 63% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 585 | 14.6 | 65% | 51% | |
Sugar Mill PrimaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 644 | 13.5 | 55% | 44% |
| 6–8 | 662 | 14.5 | 76% | 72% | |
Central Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 512 | 12.4 | 45% | 37% |
| 6–8 | 605 | 14.6 | 71% | 58% | |
| 6–8 | 655 | 12.5 | 58% | 48% | |
Gonzales Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 664 | 13.1 | 38% | 23% |
Lowery Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 277 | 8.8 | 23% | 14% |
| 6–8 | 835 | 14.2 | 72% | 64% | |
| 6–8 | 532 | 13.6 | 56% | 41% | |
Donaldsonville High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 396 | 10.8 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 2,029 | 15.2 | — | — | |
East Ascension High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,894 | 13.3 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,377 | 16.4 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,847 | 14.5 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1100 Webster St., Donaldsonville, LA 70346
- Phone
- (225)391-7000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.