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Ascension Parish

A public school district in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, with 32 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

23,743
Students enrolled
1,758.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
3,237.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,108
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 23,743 in 2024–25
Ranks 296th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 8th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,108 in fiscal year 2023
More than 36% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Ascension Parish spent $14,108 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,012 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Ascension Parish spent $14,108 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,012 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,108$349.5 million24,769
FY2022$14,042$324.1 million23,078
FY2021$12,552$290.6 million23,154
FY2020$11,379$262.5 million23,066
FY2019$11,611$261.7 million22,537
FY2018$11,896$264.4 million22,223
FY2017$12,128$266.1 million21,942
FY2016$11,035$241.7 million21,899
FY2015$11,043$238.5 million21,602
FY2014$10,356$221.3 million21,367
FY2013$10,160$213.4 million21,003
FY2012$10,201$208.8 million20,465
FY2011$10,336$206.2 million19,953
FY2010$10,337$201.2 million19,460
FY2009$9,974$190.5 million19,104
FY2008$8,941$166.3 million18,595
FY2007$8,000$145.6 million18,199
FY2006$7,508$134.7 million17,944
FY2005$7,012$114.7 million16,363

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Ascension Parish by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$44.5 million10.9%
State$130.2 million31.8%
Local$234.3 million57.3%
Total$409.0 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

32 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Ascension Parish
SchoolStudents
Bluff Middle School662
Bluff Ridge Primary677
Bullion Primary School586
Central Middle School512
Central Primary School626
Donaldsonville High School396
Donaldsonville Primary School371
Duplessis Primary School539
Dutchtown High School2,029
Dutchtown Middle School605
Dutchtown Primary School541
East Ascension High School1,894
G. W. Carver Primary School487
Galvez Middle School655
Galvez Primary School783
Gonzales Middle School664
Gonzales Primary School455
Lake Elementary School1,096
Lakeside Primary School545
Lowery Elementary School307
Lowery Middle School277
Oak Grove Primary School725
Pecan Grove Primary School508
Prairieville High School1,377
Prairieville Middle School835
Prairieville Primary School865
Sorrento Primary School638
Spanish Lake Primary School480
St. Amant High School1,847
St. Amant Middle School532
St. Amant Primary School585
Sugar Mill Primary644

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2200090

Elsewhere

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