NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools LA

Best-Resourced Schools in Belle Chasse, LA

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5 public K-12 schools in Belle Chasse from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
3,250
Students
40.8/100
Avg Resource Index
17.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Belle Chasse has more public-school enrollment than 32% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Belle Chasse sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Belle Chasse's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 30-point gap between Belle Chasse Academy and Belle Chasse Middle School shows the range hidden by Belle Chasse's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 68%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
49th percentile
Teacher staffing
27th percentile

Belle Chasse High School accounts for 27.2% of all Belle Chasse public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Belle Chasse-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Belle Chasse school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Belle Chasse school enrollment ranges from 395 students (lowest) to 883 students (highest), a spread of 488 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Belle Chasse student-teacher ratio is 17.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Belle Chasse is typically wider than the Belle Chasse-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Belle Chasse's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Belle Chasse Academy 57
2. Belle Chasse Primary School 47
3. Belle Chasse Elementary School 41
4. Belle Chasse High School 32
5. Belle Chasse Middle School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Belle Chasse

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Belle Chasse Academy 73.5/100
  2. 2 Belle Chasse Middle School 57.4/100
  3. 3 Belle Chasse High School 57.3/100
  4. 4 Belle Chasse Elementary School 55.6/100
  5. 5 Belle Chasse Primary School 53.4/100

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Which Belle Chasse school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Belle Chasse Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Belle Chasse schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Belle Chasse, LA? ▼

Belle Chasse has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,250 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.