Total enrollment
8,433
-1,083 (-11%) vs SY 2020-21
20 schools in Vermilion Parish
Louisiana · 8,433 students · 6 cities
Vermilion Parish's public schools, 20 in all, serve about 8,433 K-12 students inside Louisiana, an average of 422 per school.
4-year change in Vermilion Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
20
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Vermilion Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #2 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,433 | #19 of 69 | #1,112 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 20 | #19 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #61 of 69 | #5,922 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 56.4% | #58 of 69 | #3,290 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #43 of 65 | #2,906 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 Vermilion Parish
State test results across the district's 15 scored schools run from Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice at 63.8% proficient to J.H. Williams Middle School at 19.5%, a gap of 44.3 points. That is the 20th widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 20 district schools that reported both years went from 9,678 to 8,433 students (down 13%) and from 558 to 548 full-time teachers (down 2%), 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 Vermilion Parish
Vermilion Parish is an average-sized Louisiana school district running 20 schools with combined enrollment near 8,433.
Looking at the level breakdown, Vermilion Parish spans 11 elementary, 4 middle, and 5 high schools.
Per-school enrollment averages around 422 in this district, meaningfully below the Louisiana typical of 509.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 11%: 9,516 students in SY 2020-21 versus 8,433 in SY 2024-25.
On allk12, the community for Vermilion Parish discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.