Regular local school district · St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
St. John the Baptist Parish runs 10 public schools with 5,039 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.7 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 5,039
- Teachers (FTE)
- 396
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 118 West Tenth Street, Reserve, LA 70084
- Phone
- (985)536-1106
- County
- St. John the Baptist Parish
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201530
- State district ID
- LA-048
- Total staff (FTE)
- 695
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 265 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 28.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.7
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 (5,609), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $95.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.2 million
- State revenue
- $29.9 million
- Local revenue
- $49.9 million
- Total spending
- $91.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,306
- Salaries
- $44.9 million49.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $68.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 31.5%
- Local: 52.5%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,306
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in St. John the Baptist Parish
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East St. John High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,293 | 14.4 |
| East St. John Preparatory AcademyCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 318 | 15.9 |
| Emily C. Watkins ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 551 | 12.2 |
| Fifth Ward Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 306 | 12.2 |
| Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.CEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 305 | 9.8 |
| John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 428 | 14.3 |
| Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 754 | 13.7 |
| LaPlace Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 710 | 14.8 |
| West St. John Elementary School (K-7)CEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 188 | 8.2 |
| West St. John High SchoolCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 186 | 7.4 |
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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.