St. Amant Primary School

Located at 44365 Hwy 429, in St. Amant, Louisiana, St. Amant Primary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that works with 585 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Ascension Parish. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, St. Amant Primary School records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Ascension Parish as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, St. Amant Primary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, St. Amant Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 55.7%.

In the area at large, 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. St. Amant Primary School is one of 32 public schools in Ascension Parish (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: St. Amant Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around St. Amant Primary School. On composite proficiency, St. Amant Primary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 91% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.