Regular local school district · Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools with 23,743 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 32
- Students
- 23,743
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,758
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1100 Webster St., Donaldsonville, LA 70346
- Phone
- (225)391-7000
- County
- Ascension Parish
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2200090
- State district ID
- LA-003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,237
- School counselors (FTE)
- 54.0About 440 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 89.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (23,154), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $330.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $35.4 million
- State revenue
- $115.1 million
- Local revenue
- $179.7 million
- Total spending
- $334.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,456
- Salaries
- $142.1 million42.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $177.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.7%
- State: 34.8%
- Local: 54.4%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,456
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Ascension Parish
By level: 5 high, 8 middle, 19 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bluff Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 662 | 14.7 |
| Bluff Ridge Primary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 677 | 15.0 |
| Bullion Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 586 | 13.3 |
| Central Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 512 | 12.5 |
| Central Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 626 | 14.6 |
| Donaldsonville High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 396 | 11.0 |
| Donaldsonville Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 371 | 11.6 |
| Duplessis Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 539 | 12.8 |
| Dutchtown High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,029 | 15.3 |
| Dutchtown Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 605 | 14.8 |
| Dutchtown Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 541 | 12.6 |
| East Ascension High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,894 | 13.3 |
| G. W. Carver Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 487 | 11.1 |
| Galvez Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 655 | 12.6 |
| Galvez Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 783 | 15.1 |
| Gonzales Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 664 | 13.3 |
| Gonzales Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 455 | 12.3 |
| Lake Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,096 | 13.7 |
| Lakeside Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 545 | 12.4 |
| Lowery Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 307 | 10.2 |
| Lowery Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 277 | 8.9 |
| Oak Grove Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 725 | 15.4 |
| Pecan Grove Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 508 | 10.6 |
| Prairieville High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,377 | 16.6 |
| Prairieville Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 835 | 14.4 |
| Prairieville Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 865 | 13.3 |
| Sorrento Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 638 | 13.6 |
| Spanish Lake Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 480 | 14.1 |
| St. Amant High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,847 | 14.5 |
| St. Amant Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 532 | 13.6 |
| St. Amant Primary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 585 | 14.6 |
| Sugar Mill PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 644 | 13.7 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.