Total enrollment
23,743
+589 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
32 schools in Ascension Parish
Louisiana · 23,743 students · 6 cities
Inside Ascension Parish (Louisiana), 32 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 23,743 students (around 742 per school).
4-year change in Ascension Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
32
+2 (+7%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Ascension Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 23,743 | #8 of 69 | #310 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 32 | #11 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #40 of 69 | #3,699 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 51.6% | #65 of 69 | #3,926 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #8 of 65 | #1,122 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Ascension Parish
State test results across the district's 26 scored schools run from Oak Grove Primary School at 69.7% proficient to Lowery Middle School at 14.0%, a gap of 55.7 points. That is the 11th widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 27 district schools that reported both years went from 22,223 to 19,797 students (down 11%) and from 1,326 to 1,491 full-time teachers (up 12%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish is a mid-sized Louisiana school district running 32 schools with combined enrollment near 23,743.
For a sense of the school types, Ascension Parish consists of 19 elementary, 8 middle, and 5 high schools.
On a per-school basis, Ascension Parish runs about 742 students per school, 46% above the state mean of roughly 509.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment rose 3%: 23,154 students in SY 2020-21 versus 23,743 in SY 2024-25. Ascension Parish now counts 32 public schools, up from 30 in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for Ascension Parish discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.