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Best Elementary Schools
in Ascension Parish

This page covers 19 elementary schools in Ascension Parish. Rankings use a composite of neighborhood opportunity, class sizes, and per-student investment — signals available consistently from federal data across all US public schools. Schools in this district score near the national median on neighborhood opportunity. Use these rankings as a starting point; pair them with school visits and conversations with local parents before making any enrollment decision.

19
Schools Ranked
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Elementary Schools Rankings

Showing 10 of 19
1
rank
Spanish Lake Primary School
Grades PK–05540 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
56
/100
Student:Teacher
15.5:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
41%
Near nat'l 52.2%
2
rank
Oak Grove Primary School
Grades PK–05664 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
56
/100
Student:Teacher
15.5:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
38%
Near nat'l 52.2%
3
rank
Bluff Ridge Primary
Grades PK–05567 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
56
/100
Student:Teacher
16.2:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
31%
Low economic need
4
rank
Bullion Primary School
Grades PK–05664 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
55
/100
Student:Teacher
16.4:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
36%
Low economic need
5
rank
Sugar Mill Primary
Grades PK–05554 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
55
/100
Student:Teacher
15.2:1
Below nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
52%
Near nat'l 52.2%
6
rank
Lake Elementary School
Grades PK–08926 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
54
/100
Student:Teacher
16.5:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
43%
Near nat'l 52.2%
7
rank
Dutchtown Primary School
Grades PK–05603 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
51
/100
Student:Teacher
18.0:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
43%
Near nat'l 52.2%
8
rank
St. Amant Primary School
Grades PK–05563 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
51
/100
Student:Teacher
17.1:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
52%
Near nat'l 52.2%
9
rank
Prairieville Primary School
Grades PK–05845 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
51
/100
Student:Teacher
18.6:1
Near nat'l 15.4:1
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
38%
Near nat'l 52.2%
10
rank
G. W. Carver Primary School
Grades PK–05678 students
Scores consistently across all ranking signals
50
/100
Student:Teacher
13.7:1
Below nat'l 15.4:1
Opportunity
44/100
Near nat'l median
Per-Pupil Spend
$15,936
Above nat'l avg
Free Lunch
65%
Near nat'l 52.2%
9 more elementary schools in Ascension Parish not shown here.
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How We Rank Elementary Schools

Each school receives a composite score (0–100) built from 4 federal data signals, weighted to reflect what matters most at the elementary school level. All signals are normalised against national benchmarks so a school's score reflects its standing across the entire US, not just within this district.

Neighborhood Opportunity
40%
Harvard Opportunity Atlas score for the school's neighbourhood. Higher means children from this area historically achieve stronger economic outcomes.
Student-Teacher Ratio
30%
Lower ratio = smaller classes = more individual attention per child. Normalised against national range.
Per-Pupil Expenditure
20%
Annual district spending per enrolled student from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Compared against national average.
Free Lunch Rate
10%
Percentage of students qualifying for free/reduced-price lunch. Used as a neighbourhood economic-context signal.
Test scores are excluded: they are not published as consistent open federal data across all states, making reliable cross-district comparison impossible with this signal alone.
District at a Glance
19
Elementary Schools
31
Total Schools
56
#1 Score
51
Avg Score
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About This Data

All figures on this page come directly from US federal open datasets: NCES Common Core of Data (enrollment, school characteristics, student-teacher ratios), NCES F-33 Finance Survey (per-pupil expenditure), Harvard Opportunity Atlas (neighbourhood opportunity scores). Federal data is published on an annual cycle and may not reflect the very latest school-year changes. Rankings reflect available data and should be used as a starting point — not a substitute for visiting schools or consulting district resources directly. What this ranking does not measure: teacher quality, classroom culture, extracurricular programmes, school safety, or parent and student satisfaction.