Spanish Lake Primary School

Spanish Lake Primary School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Geismar, Louisiana, part of Ascension Parish, educateing 480 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Spanish Lake Primary School is one of 32 schools operated by Ascension Parish, a district that hosts 23,743 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Spanish Lake Primary School logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 15% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Ascension Parish as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 46% of students at Spanish Lake Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spanish Lake Primary School ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.9%; Spanish Lake Primary School posts 67.0%, +16.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ascension Parish put median household earnings sit near $91,549, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Spanish Lake Primary School is one.

Dutchtown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spanish Lake Primary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spanish Lake Primary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spanish Lake Primary School has ticked down 44%, going from 850 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 70% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.