Regular local school district · St. James Parish
St. James Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
St. James Parish runs 6 public schools with 3,194 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 2.3 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,194
- Teachers (FTE)
- 276
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1876 West Main Street, Lutcher, LA 70071
- Phone
- (225)258-4500
- County
- St. James Parish
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201500
- State district ID
- LA-047
- Total staff (FTE)
- 482
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 319 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 25.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
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 (3,553), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $74.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.5 million
- State revenue
- $11.8 million
- Local revenue
- $53.9 million
- Total spending
- $70.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,874
- Salaries
- $30.6 million43.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $62.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.5%
- State: 15.9%
- Local: 72.6%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,874
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in St. James Parish
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Gramercy Elementary SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 403 | 12.2 |
| Lutcher High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 908 | 13.6 |
| Paulina Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 657 | 11.3 |
| Sixth Ward Elementary SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 269 | 10.8 |
| St. James High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 593 | 11.4 |
| Vacherie Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 364 | 9.6 |
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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.