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Sorrento, Louisiana - 31 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Ascension Parish #138 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,042 per pupil, Ascension Parish ranks #123 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
24,769
Total Enrollment
31
Schools
$14,042
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ascension Parish operates 31 public schools serving 24,769 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 18 combined, 8 middle, 4 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ascension Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,042 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.9% local, 32.2% state, and 13.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 35/100, ranked #138 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 31 schools offering Advanced Placement (25 AP courses district-wide), a 548.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.0% White, 37.4% African American, 13.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sugar Mill Primary, with a diversity index of 70.2/100.
Its largest campus is Dutchtown High School, enrolling 2,029 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lowery Middle School, at 277 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ascension Parish school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities
Ascension Parish school enrollment ranges from 277 students (lowest) to 2,029 students (highest), a spread of 1,752 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ascension Parish student-counselor ratio is 549:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Ascension Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 14.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.