Regular local school district · St. Mary Parish
St. Mary Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
St. Mary Parish runs 21 public schools with 7,153 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 7,153
- Teachers (FTE)
- 511
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 474 Highway 317, Centerville, LA 70522
- Phone
- (337)836-9661
- County
- St. Mary Parish
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201620
- State district ID
- LA-051
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,047
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 596 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 47.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.0
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 (7,911), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $114.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $21.4 million
- State revenue
- $48.7 million
- Local revenue
- $43.9 million
- Total spending
- $106.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,482
- Salaries
- $54.1 million50.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $29.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.8%
- State: 42.7%
- Local: 38.5%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,482
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in St. Mary Parish
By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| B. Edward Boudreaux Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 150 | 12.5 |
| Bayou Vista Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 340 | 12.6 |
| Berwick Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 420 | 13.1 |
| Berwick High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 469 | 16.8 |
| Berwick Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 325 | 14.1 |
| Centerville High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 429 | 10.2 |
| Franklin Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 196 | 15.1 |
| Franklin Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 304 | 16.0 |
| Hattie A. Watts Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 601 | 15.0 |
| J.S. Aucoin Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 237 | 12.5 |
| Julia B. Maitland SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 199 | 13.3 |
| LaGrange Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 221 | 17.0 |
| M.E. Norman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 335 | 16.0 |
| Morgan City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 650 | 15.5 |
| Morgan City Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 412 | 14.7 |
| Patterson High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 439 | 18.3 |
| Patterson Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 374 | 16.3 |
| Raintree Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 254 | 11.0 |
| W.P. Foster Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 222 | 14.8 |
| West St. Mary High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 276 | 13.8 |
| Wyandotte Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 300 | 13.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Mary Parish
- V. B. Glencoe Charter School 502 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.