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Abbeville, Louisiana - 20 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Vermilion Parish #94 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,778 per pupil, Vermilion Parish ranks #135 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,708
Total Enrollment
20
Schools
$13,778
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vermilion Parish operates 20 public schools serving 9,708 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 4 high, 3 middle, 2 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 Vermilion Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,778 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 33.5% local, 45.1% state, and 21.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #94 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 380:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.0% White, 21.1% African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Abbeville High School, with a diversity index of 63.1/100.
Its largest campus is North Vermilion High School, enrolling 790 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Seventh Ward Elementary School, at 163 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Vermilion Parish school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities
Vermilion Parish school enrollment ranges from 163 students (lowest) to 790 students (highest), a spread of 627 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.
Vermilion Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.6% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Vermilion Parish student-counselor ratio is 380:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Vermilion Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 13.1% — 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.