Total enrollment
10,982
-1,545 (-12%) vs SY 2020-21
35 schools in St. Landry Parish
Louisiana · 10,982 students · 12 cities
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana runs 35 public K-12 schools today, teaching approximately 10,982 students across 16 elementary, 9 middle, and 9 high.
4-year change in St. Landry Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
32
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How St. Landry Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #31 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 10,982 | #16 of 69 | #831 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 32 | #12 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #22 of 69 | #2,268 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 79.2% | #15 of 69 | #1,279 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #27 of 65 | #2,102 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 St. Landry Parish
State test results across the district's 27 scored schools run from Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts at 58.3% proficient to Opelousas Middle School at 14.2%, a gap of 44.2 points. That is the 21st widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 30 district schools that reported both years went from 12,863 to 10,607 students (down 18%) and from 752 to 861 full-time teachers (up 14%), 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 St. Landry Parish
St. Landry Parish is a medium-population Louisiana school district running 35 schools with combined enrollment near 10,982.
On the school-mix side, St. Landry Parish is made up of 16 elementary, 9 middle, 9 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in St. Landry Parish is about 314, meaningfully below the Louisiana average of roughly 509.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 12%: 12,527 students in SY 2020-21 versus 10,982 in SY 2024-25.
On allk12, the community for St. Landry Parish discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.