NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools LA

Best-Resourced Schools in Zachary, LA

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

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7
Schools
5,494
Students
43.4/100
Avg Resource Index
17.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Zachary has more public-school enrollment than 59% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Zachary's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Zachary's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 21-point gap between Northwestern Middle School and Zachary Early Learning Center shows the range hidden by Zachary'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 41%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
62nd percentile
Teacher staffing
28th percentile

Zachary High School accounts for 31.4% of all Zachary public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Zachary-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

Zachary school enrollment varies 8.6× across entities

Zachary school enrollment ranges from 201 students (lowest) to 1,726 students (highest), a spread of 1,525 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

Zachary operates one school district — a single-district system

Zachary's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Zachary student-teacher ratio is 17.6:1 — 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 Zachary is typically wider than the Zachary-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Northwestern Middle School 48
2. Rollins Place Elementary 48
3. Zachary High School 47
4. Zachary Elementary School 47
5. Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School 46
6. Northwestern Elementary School 41
7. Zachary Early Learning Center 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Zachary

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 Rollins Place Elementary 56.3/100
  2. 2 Zachary Elementary School 55.3/100
  3. 3 Copper Mill Elementary/Middle School 55.0/100
  4. 4 Northwestern Elementary School 53.9/100
  5. 5 Northwestern Middle School 53.3/100

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Which Zachary school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Northwestern Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Zachary schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Zachary, LA? ▼

Zachary has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,494 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.6:1.

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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.