Dutchtown High School

Located at 13165 Hwy 73, in Geismar, Louisiana, Dutchtown High School is a well-populated senior high that hosts 2,029 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Ascension Parish. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 185% larger than typical.

Across the 32 schools in Ascension Parish (23,743 students total), Dutchtown High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Dutchtown High School records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Dutchtown High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ascension Parish runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Ascension Parish) records that median household income runs about $91,549, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dutchtown High School is one of 32 public schools in Ascension Parish (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students).

Dutchtown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dutchtown High School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 2,333 students in 2018 compared to 2,029 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 69% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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