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St. John the Baptist Parish

A public school district in Reserve, Louisiana, with 10 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,039
Students enrolled
396.7
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
695.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$19,438
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,039 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,909th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 30th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $19,438 in fiscal year 2023
More than 71% 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

St. John the Baptist Parish spent $19,438 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,535 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
St. John the Baptist Parish spent $19,438 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,535 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$19,438$104.6 million5,382
FY2022$19,773$101.0 million5,109
FY2021$15,755$88.4 million5,609
FY2020$14,466$85.6 million5,918
FY2019$13,980$83.0 million5,940
FY2018$13,141$79.2 million6,025
FY2017$11,999$71.8 million5,981
FY2016$12,739$76.4 million5,998
FY2015$13,122$77.1 million5,879
FY2014$13,096$78.1 million5,964
FY2013$13,296$83.2 million6,256
FY2012$11,680$75.0 million6,423
FY2011$11,867$73.8 million6,222
FY2010$13,254$82.9 million6,253
FY2009$13,193$83.8 million6,355
FY2008$11,482$74.8 million6,514
FY2007$9,769$65.6 million6,711
FY2006$9,064$62.3 million6,872
FY2005$8,535$55.2 million6,466

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to St. John the Baptist Parish by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$26.3 million20.5%
State$28.3 million22.1%
Local$73.5 million57.4%
Total$128.2 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

10 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in St. John the Baptist Parish
SchoolStudents
East St. John High School1,293
East St. John Preparatory Academy318
Emily C. Watkins Elementary551
Fifth Ward Elementary School306
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.305
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary428
LaPlace Elementary School710
Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School754
West St. John Elementary School (K-7)188
West St. John High School186

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
2201530

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved