Ascension Parish Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Bluff Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Prairieville Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A Bullion Primary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A Oak Grove Primary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A Bluff Ridge Primary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
6. A Dutchtown Primary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
7. A Dutchtown Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
8. A- Dutchtown High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
9. A- Prairieville Primary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. A- Spanish Lake Primary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)

High schools (4)

• D Donaldsonville High School, Donaldsonville
• A- Dutchtown High School, Geismar
• B- East Ascension High School, Gonzales
• B+ St Amant High School, St Amant

Middle and junior high schools (8)

• A+ Bluff Middle School, Prairieville
• B- Central Middle School, Gonzales
• A Dutchtown Middle School, Geismar
• B Galvez Middle School, Prairieville
• D Gonzales Middle School, Gonzales
• F Lowery Middle School, Donaldsonville
• A+ Prairieville Middle School, Prairieville
• B St Amant Middle School, St Amant

Elementary and primary schools (19)

• A Bluff Ridge Primary, Prairieville
• A Bullion Primary School, Prairieville
• B Central Primary School, Gonzales
• Donaldsonville Primary School, Donaldsonville
• B- Duplessis Primary School, Gonzales
• A Dutchtown Primary School, Geismar
• D+ G W Carver Primary School, Gonzales
• A- Galvez Primary School, Prairieville
• C- Gonzales Primary School, Gonzales
• B+ Lake Elementary School, St Amant
• B+ Lakeside Primary School, Prairieville
• D- Lowery Elementary School, Donaldsonville
• A Oak Grove Primary School, Prairieville
• C+ Pecan Grove Primary School, Gonzales
• A- Prairieville Primary School, Prairieville
• B- Sorrento Primary School, Sorrento
• A- Spanish Lake Primary School, Geismar
• B St Amant Primary School, St Amant
• Sugar Mill Primary, Prairieville

Cities and towns served (6)

• Prairieville (10)
• Gonzales (8)
• Donaldsonville (4)
• Geismar (4)
• St Amant (4)
• Sorrento (1)

• State: Best schools in Louisiana
• County: Ascension Parish
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 24,683 students with 1,847 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,207 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 2200090
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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