School district · Louisiana
Lafourche Parish
Lafourche Parish in Louisiana: 30 public schools with 13,326 students and 16.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,854 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 30
- 2 charter
- Students
- 13,326
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- LA 13.7 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,854
- 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)
- 799
- Counselors (FTE)
- 30.7
- Students per counselor
- 434
- LA 408 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 8.8
- Librarians (FTE): 8.6
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%51%proficient
−3.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 81% of school districts in Louisiana
Median 37% · 70 school districts compared
5,785 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Louisiana: 33%45%proficient
+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of school districts in Louisiana
Median 29% · 70 school districts compared
5,774 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
- 17% · $42.1M
- State
- 36% · $90.3M
- Local
- 47% · $117M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,718
- Support services
- $5,388
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $23M
- Long-term debt
- $198.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 454 | 15.0 | — | — |
Bayou Blue Upper Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 427 | 16.0 | 50% | 50% |
Bayou Boeuf Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 209 | 12.8 | 87% | 60% |
| Pre-K–8 | 499 | 16.9 | 81% | 76% | |
C.M. Washington Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 392 | 13.1 | 27% | 23% |
Chackbay Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 344 | 14.1 | 67% | 69% |
Cut Off Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 395 | 14.3 | 43% | 52% |
Galliano Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 383 | 16.2 | 46% | 42% |
Golden Meadow Lower Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 155 | 17.0 | — | — |
Golden Meadow Upper Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 125 | 15.2 | 49% | 49% |
Lockport Lower Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 429 | 15.1 | — | — |
Lockport Upper Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 374 | 17.6 | 62% | 60% |
North Larose Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 202 | 11.1 | 65% | 72% |
Raceland Lower Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 330 | 14.2 | — | — |
Raceland Upper Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 302 | 14.4 | 48% | 48% |
South Larose Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 349 | 14.2 | 42% | 53% |
St. Charles Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 253 | 14.8 | 65% | 54% |
Thibodaux Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 575 | 13.7 | — | — |
W.S. Lafargue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 2–3 | 457 | 15.5 | 33% | 21% |
Bayou Blue Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 396 | 16.5 | 53% | 43% |
Golden Meadow Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 318 | 14.6 | 51% | 36% |
Larose-Cut Off Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 430 | 15.8 | 52% | 44% |
Lockport Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 331 | 15.7 | 61% | 49% |
Raceland Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 289 | 14.7 | 49% | 32% |
Sixth Ward Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 236 | 12.4 | 67% | 61% |
Thibodaux Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 592 | 13.5 | 37% | 24% |
| 9–12 | 1,307 | 22.9 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 990 | 18.9 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,306 | 20.8 | — | — | |
Virtual Academy of LafourcheCharterFully virtual | K–12 | 477 | — | 43% | 31% |
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
- 805 East Seventh Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301
- Phone
- (985)446-5631
- 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.