River Parish News

East St. John High School had the highest enrollment among St. John the Baptist Parish schools, welcoming 1,294 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Out of the total students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52.4% of them were boys, and 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Black, representing 74.6% of East St. John High School's total enrollment.

Among the 10 schools in the St. John the Baptist Parish, Laplace Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 709 students, while Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School welcomed 597 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

East St. John High School is part of the St. John the Baptist Parish School District, which generally encompasses schools within St. John the Baptist Parish, with its main office in Reserve.

In the previous school year, East St. John High School still had the highest number of students among St. John the Baptist Parish schools.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students in Louisiana, which is worse than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

Only 22% of Louisiana’s teachers are Black or Latino, compared to about 48% of the state's K–12 students who identify as either race.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
East St. John High School	Reserve	1,294
Laplace Elementary School	LaPlace	709
Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School	LaPlace	597
Emily C. Watkins Elementary School	LaPlace	464
East St. John Preparatory Academy	LaPlace	394
John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary School	LaPlace	356
Fifth Ward Elementary School	Reserve	321
Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet School.	Garyville	304
West St. John Elementary School (K-7)	Edgard	243
West St. John High School	Edgard	206