Regular local school district · Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Plaquemines Parish runs 8 public schools with 3,510 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,510
- Teachers (FTE)
- 298
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1484 Woodland Hwy., Belle Chasse, LA 70037
- Phone
- (504)595-6400
- County
- Plaquemines Parish
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201230
- State district ID
- LA-038
- Total staff (FTE)
- 599
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 319 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
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 (3,994), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $69.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $14.0 million
- State revenue
- $12.3 million
- Local revenue
- $43.6 million
- Total spending
- $71.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,934
- Salaries
- $34.3 million47.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.0%
- State: 17.5%
- Local: 62.4%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,934
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Plaquemines Parish
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belle Chasse Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 543 | 14.3 |
| Belle Chasse High School | High | 9 to 12 | 883 | 13.2 |
| Belle Chasse Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 656 | 10.9 |
| Belle Chasse Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 395 | 13.6 |
| Boothville-Venice Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 270 | 12.9 |
| Phoenix High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 203 | 8.5 |
| South Plaquemines Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 205 | 10.8 |
| South Plaquemines High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 355 | 9.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Plaquemines Parish
- Belle Chasse Academy 773 students
More in Louisiana
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.