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Ascension Parish Schools
District details
School board members: 11
Students: 24,683 (2023-2024)
Schools: 31 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Ascension Parish Schools is a school district in Louisiana (Ascension Parish). During the 2024 school year, 24,683 students attended one of the district's 31 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2014

Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

Ascension Parish School Board District 1

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 1

Incumbent Robyn Penn Delaney won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 1 on December 6, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Robyn Penn Delaney (D)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 2

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 2

Incumbent Scott Duplechein won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 2 on August 22, 2014.

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Ascension Parish School Board District 3

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 3

Incumbent Julie Blouin won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 3 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Julie Blouin (D)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 4 Seat A

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 4 Seat A

Incumbent Kerry Diez won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 4 Seat A on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Kerry Diez (R)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 4 Seat B

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 4 Seat B

Incumbent John D. Murphy won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 4 Seat B on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		John D. Murphy (R)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 5 Seat A

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 5 Seat A

Incumbent Shawn K. Sevario won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 5 Seat A on August 31, 2014.

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Ascension Parish School Board District 5 Seat B

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 5 Seat B

Incumbent Taft C. Kleinpeter won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 5 Seat B on August 22, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Taft C. Kleinpeter (R)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 6 Seat A

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 6 Seat A

Incumbent Lorraine Wimberly won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 6 Seat A on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Lorraine Wimberly (R)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 6 Seat B

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 6 Seat B

Incumbent Louis D. Lambert won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 6 Seat B on October 20, 2014.

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Ascension Parish School Board District 7 Seat A

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 7 Seat A

Incumbent Troy J. Gautreau Sr. won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 7 Seat A on August 22, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Troy J. Gautreau Sr. (R)

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Ascension Parish School Board District 7 Seat B

General election

General election for Ascension Parish School Board District 7 Seat B

Incumbent Patricia Russo won election in the general election for Ascension Parish School Board District 7 Seat B on August 22, 2014.

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✔		Patricia Russo (Independent)

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About the district

School board

Ascension Parish Schools consists of 11 members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Jared Bercegeay	Seat A
Marty Bourgeois	Seat A
Karen Braud	Seat A
John DeFrances	Seat A
Jake Lambert	Seat B
Robyn Penn Delaney	District 1
Willie Robinson	District 3
Scott Duplechein	District 2	2014
Louis D. Lambert	Seat B	2014
Taft C. Kleinpeter	Seat B	2002
John D. Murphy	Seat B	2002

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Overlapping state house districts

Ascension Parish Schools

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Louisiana House of Representatives District 81	Jeffrey Wiley	Republican Party	37%	25%
Louisiana House of Representatives District 58	Ken Brass	Democratic Party	35%	24%
Louisiana House of Representatives District 88	Kathy Edmonston	Republican Party	15%	100%
Louisiana House of Representatives District 59	Tony Bacala	Republican Party	14%	100%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$51,861,000	$2,247	14%
Local:	$201,296,000	$8,722	54%
State:	$120,491,000	$5,221	32%
Total:	$373,648,000	$16,191

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$367,767,000	$15,935
Total Current Expenditures:	$324,069,000	$14,042
Instructional Expenditures:	$180,964,000	$7,841	49%
Student and Staff Support:	$33,081,000	$1,433	9%
Administration:	$34,837,000	$1,509	9%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$74,626,000	$3,233	20%
Total Capital Outlay:	$31,414,000	$1,361
Construction:	$29,099,000	$1,260
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$10,334,000	$447

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	48	80-84	27	36	40-59	46	61
2018-2019	79	90-94	65	67	>=90	80	88
2017-2018	78	>=95	64	67	>=90	75-79	86
2016-2017	78	90-94	63	67	>=90	75-79	87
2015-2016	77	90-94	61	70	80-89	75-79	86
2014-2015	77	85-89	61	68	70-79	75-79	85
2013-2014	81	90-94	68	76	80-89	85-89	88
2012-2013	79	90-94	65	72	70-79	80-84	86
2011-2012	82	90-94	65	73	80-89	85-89	90
2010-2011	77	85-89	58	68	80-89	70-79	86

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	58	80-84	40	44	60-79	56	70
2018-2019	83	90-94	72	69	>=90	85	91
2017-2018	82	90-94	71	69	>=80	85-89	90
2016-2017	81	85-89	68	69	80-89	85-89	88
2015-2016	78	85-89	63	69	80-89	75-79	87
2014-2015	80	85-89	67	71	>=80	80-84	88
2013-2014	79	85-89	65	71	70-79	80-84	87
2012-2013	80	85-89	67	68	70-79	85-89	88
2011-2012	78	85-89	64	66	70-79	85-89	86
2010-2011	74	80-84	58	63	70-79	80-89	82

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	90	>=80	88	80-84	PS	>=80	93
2018-2019	89	>=80	86	80-84	PS	>=80	91
2017-2018	88	>=50	84	85-89	PS	>=50	89
2016-2017	88	>=80	86	80-84	PS	>=50	90
2015-2016	88	>=80	86	75-79	>=50	>=50	89
2014-2015	88	PS	82	80-89	PS	>=50	91
2013-2014	87	>=50	83	85-89	PS	>=50	89
2012-2013	87	>=50	80	>=90	PS	>=50	89
2011-2012	87	>=50	80	80-84	PS	>=50	90
2010-2011	80	>=50	73	70-74	>=50	PS	84

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	24,683	-0.3
2022-2023	24,769	6.8
2021-2022	23,078	-0.3
2020-2021	23,154	0.4
2019-2020	23,066	2.3
2018-2019	22,537	1.4
2017-2018	22,223	1.3
2016-2017	21,942	0.2
2015-2016	21,899	1.4
2014-2015	21,602	1.1
2013-2014	21,367	1.7
2012-2013	21,003	2.6
2011-2012	20,465	2.5
2010-2011	19,953	2.5
2009-2010	19,460	1.8
2008-2009	19,104	2.7
2007-2008	18,595	2.1
2006-2007	18,199	1.4
2005-2006	17,944	8.8
2004-2005	16,363	3.4
2003-2004	15,810	2.2
2002-2003	15,469	2.0
2001-2002	15,159	0.8
2000-2001	15,038	1.5
1999-2000	14,817	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Ascension Parish Schools (%)	Louisiana K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.2	0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	1.4	1.6
Black	31.2	41.4
Hispanic	12.9	11.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.1
Two or More Races	4.4	3.7
White	49.8	41.3

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Ascension Parish Schools had 1,847.56 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 13.36.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	32.26
Kindergarten:	49.33
Elementary:	934.87
Secondary:	597.48
Total:	1,847.56

Ascension Parish Schools employed 0.00 district administrators and 79.35 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	0.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00
School Administrators:	79.35
School Administrative Support:	106.12

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	389.19
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	44.97
Total Guidance Counselors:	83.48
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00
Library/Media Support:	24.37
Student Support Services:	107.40
Other Support Services:	523.57

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Ascension Parish Schools operates 31 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Bluff Middle School	605	6-8
Bluff Ridge Primary	563	PK-5
Bullion Primary School	655	PK-5
Central Middle School	708	6-8
Central Primary School	478	PK-5
Donaldsonville High School	426	9-12
Donaldsonville Primary School	383	PK-2
Duplessis Primary School	613	PK-5
Dutchtown High School	2,731	9-12
Dutchtown Middle School	601	6-8
Dutchtown Primary School	602	PK-5
East Ascension High School	2,157	9-12
Galvez Middle School	794	6-8
Galvez Primary School	824	PK-5
Gonzales Middle School	800	6-8
Gonzales Primary School	496	PK-5
G. W. Carver Primary School	644	PK-5
Lake Elementary School	893	PK-8
Lakeside Primary School	829	PK-5
Lowery Elementary School	311	3-5
Lowery Middle School	272	6-8
Oak Grove Primary School	656	PK-5
Pecan Grove Primary School	660	PK-5
Prairieville Middle School	759	6-8
Prairieville Primary School	870	PK-5
Sorrento Primary School	636	PK-5
Spanish Lake Primary School	556	PK-5
St. Amant High School	2,433	9-12
St. Amant Middle School	543	6-8
St. Amant Primary School	600	PK-5
Sugar Mill Primary	585	PK-5

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