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Zachary Community School District

Zachary Community School District in Louisiana: 7 public schools with 5,494 students and 13.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,886 per student in FY2024.

Schools
7
Students
5,494
Students per teacher
13.9
LA 13.7 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$13,886
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)
394
Counselors (FTE)
10.0
Students per counselor
551
LA 408 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
0.0
Librarians (FTE): 7.0

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%

58%proficient

−2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 97% of school districts in Louisiana

Median 37% · 70 school districts compared

2,392 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

47%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 90% of school districts in Louisiana

Median 29% · 70 school districts compared

2,391 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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$10.7K15
$10.3K16
$10.3K17
$10.6K18
$11.0K19
$11.2K20
$12.3K21
$12.6K22
$12.9K23
$13.9K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
8.1% · $7.2M
State
44% · $39.7M
Local
48% · $42.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$7,968
Support services
$5,337
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$727K
Long-term debt
$49.8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 2High schools: 1
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K20111.7——
K33713.8——
1–277413.1——
3–477813.349%49%
5–683713.459%49%
7–884113.566%42%
9–121,72615.7——

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
3755 Church Street, Zachary, LA 70791
Phone
(225)658-4969