Donaldsonville Primary School

Donaldsonville Primary School operates as a small K-5 school in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, part of Ascension Parish. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades pre-K through 2.

Ascension Parish runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 23,743 students. Donaldsonville Primary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Donaldsonville Primary School logs that nearly all students (89%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, Donaldsonville Primary School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Donaldsonville Primary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ascension Parish runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ascension Parish indicate median household income runs about $91,549, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ascension Parish's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), Donaldsonville Primary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Donaldsonville High School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Donaldsonville Primary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 97% to 89%.

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