Regular local school district · Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson Davis Parish runs 12 public schools with 5,210 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.6 students per teacher is 0.7 higher than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 5,210
- Teachers (FTE)
- 356
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 203 East Plaquemine Street, Jennings, LA 70546
- Phone
- (337)824-1834
- County
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2200810
- State district ID
- LA-027
- Total staff (FTE)
- 697
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 289 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 30.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.6
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 (5,653), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $78.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.5 million
- State revenue
- $38.8 million
- Local revenue
- $29.4 million
- Total spending
- $79.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,072
- Salaries
- $34.7 million43.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $40.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.3%
- State: 49.3%
- Local: 37.4%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,072
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson Davis Parish
By level: 4 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Elton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 221 | 13.0 |
| Elton High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 245 | 14.4 |
| Fenton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 73 | 6.1 |
| Hathaway High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 566 | 14.9 |
| Jennings Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 976 | 15.5 |
| Jennings High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 775 | 14.6 |
| Lacassine High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 587 | 15.1 |
| Lake Arthur Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 441 | 15.8 |
| Lake Arthur High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 365 | 14.6 |
| Welsh Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 499 | 17.2 |
| Welsh High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 263 | 13.8 |
| Welsh-Roanoke Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 199 | 16.6 |
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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.