Public schools in Opelousas, LA

Opelousas has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,264 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; St. Landry Parish runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Opelousas's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in OpelousasDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
St. Landry Parish1012,554$14,349
JS Clark Leadership Academy1301$16,136
St. Landry Primary School Incl.1256$12,059

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Opelousas, 1,562 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Opelousas Senior High School69812.180.2%St. Landry Parish
Northwest High School57514.073.6%St. Landry Parish
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts28910.462.6%St. Landry Parish

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Opelousas, 784 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Opelousas Junior High School31410.290.4%St. Landry Parish
Plaisance Middle School1769.875.6%St. Landry Parish
Creswell Middle School1628.184.0%St. Landry Parish
Opelousas Middle School1327.487.9%St. Landry Parish

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Opelousas, 1,484 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Park Vista Elementary School53312.779.7%St. Landry Parish
Grolee Elementary School40412.694.6%St. Landry Parish
St. Landry Charter School31518.988.3%St. Landry Primary School Incl.
Northeast Elementary School2329.386.2%St. Landry Parish

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Opelousas, 434 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
JS Clark Leadership Academy43414.090.1%JS Clark Leadership Academy

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Opelousas's public schools compare with Louisiana's

The median Opelousas school has 11.3 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Louisiana median of 13.3. 100% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 78% across the state. Its median school enrolls 315 students (state 434).

Opelousas against Louisiana, schools open in 2024-25 with students
OpelousasLouisiana
Median students per teacher11.313.3
Median school size (students)315434
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)100%78%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%82%
Charter schools17%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Opelousas schools and the 1,277 Louisiana schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Opelousas

  1. St. Landry ParishRuns 10 of Opelousas's 12 public schools and spent $14,349 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,349
  2. Opelousas Senior High School, the largest high school in Opelousas698 students in 2024-25, 12.1 per teacher.698
  3. Compare St. Landry Parish with JS Clark Leadership AcademyOpelousas's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in LouisianaLouisiana's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Opelousas addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Louisiana

  1. Baton Rouge90 schools
  2. New Orleans71 schools
  3. Shreveport51 schools
  4. Lake Charles34 schools
  5. Monroe34 schools
  6. Lafayette29 schools
  7. Alexandria22 schools
  8. Houma21 schools

Questions about schools in Opelousas

  1. How many public schools are in Opelousas, LA?
    12 public schools with an address in Opelousas were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,264 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Opelousas?
    Opelousas Senior High School, with 698 students in 2024-25 (St. Landry Parish).
  3. Which districts run Opelousas's schools?
    St. Landry Parish (10 schools), JS Clark Leadership Academy (1 school), St. Landry Primary School Incl. (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .