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Ascension Parish Education: More students enrolled in Ascension Parish School District schools in 2021-22 school year

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LA State Superintendent Cade Brumley 2023 | Louisiana Department of Education

LA State Superintendent Cade Brumley 2023 | Louisiana Department of Education

The only school district in Ascension Parish had rising enrollment in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

There were 23,815 students in the halls of Ascension Parish School District schools, 1.5% higher than the year before.

Enrollment in Ascension Parish bucked the state’s trend of decreasing enrollment.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 52% of the Ascension Parish School Districts total enrollment.

Ascension Parish School District has a main office in Donaldsonville and is the only school district within Ascension Parish.

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.

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

Enrollment in Ascension Parish Over 6 Years

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Enrollment in Ascension Parish Districts Schools During 2021-22 School Year

SchoolTotal Enrollment in 2020-2021Total Enrollment in 2021-2022Total % Change
Dutchtown High School2,3992,4853.6%
St. Amant High School2,2112,2110%
East Ascension High School1,8701,8991.6%
Lake Elementary School948925-2.4%
Prairieville Primary School8548570.4%
Galvez Primary School849836-1.5%
Lakeside Primary School7387886.8%
Galvez Middle School7567610.7%
Gonzales Middle School7257544%
Central Middle School752730-2.9%
Prairieville Middle School6756750%
Dutchtown Middle School683659-3.5%
G. W. Carver Primary School6386440.9%
Oak Grove Primary School6106415.1%
Bullion Primary School6016325.2%
Duplessis Primary School756630-16.7%
Dutchtown Primary School6086090.2%
Pecan Grove Primary School5796024%
Sorrento Primary School5615945.9%
Spanish Lake Primary School5515754.4%
Bluff Middle School600574-4.3%
St. Amant Middle School612572-6.5%
St. Amant Primary School5345686.4%
Bluff Ridge Primary School5445562.2%
Gonzales Primary School4905114.3%
Sugar Mill Primary School0496--
Donaldsonville Primary School4454593.1%
Donaldsonville High School4404481.8%
Central Primary School740442-40.3%
Lowery Elementary School3193220.9%
Lowery Middle School308284-7.8%

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