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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14,108 | $349.5 million | 24,769 |
| FY2022 | $14,042 | $324.1 million | 23,078 |
| FY2021 | $12,552 | $290.6 million | 23,154 |
| FY2020 | $11,379 | $262.5 million | 23,066 |
| FY2019 | $11,611 | $261.7 million | 22,537 |
| FY2018 | $11,896 | $264.4 million | 22,223 |
| FY2017 | $12,128 | $266.1 million | 21,942 |
| FY2016 | $11,035 | $241.7 million | 21,899 |
| FY2015 | $11,043 | $238.5 million | 21,602 |
| FY2014 | $10,356 | $221.3 million | 21,367 |
| FY2013 | $10,160 | $213.4 million | 21,003 |
| FY2012 | $10,201 | $208.8 million | 20,465 |
| FY2011 | $10,336 | $206.2 million | 19,953 |
| FY2010 | $10,337 | $201.2 million | 19,460 |
| FY2009 | $9,974 | $190.5 million | 19,104 |
| FY2008 | $8,941 | $166.3 million | 18,595 |
| FY2007 | $8,000 | $145.6 million | 18,199 |
| FY2006 | $7,508 | $134.7 million | 17,944 |
| FY2005 | $7,012 | $114.7 million | 16,363 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $44.5 million | 10.9% |
| State | $130.2 million | 31.8% |
| Local | $234.3 million | 57.3% |
| 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
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
- Public schools in Louisiana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Louisiana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Louisiana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved