South Louisiana News

The only school district in St. Mary Parish suffered declining enrollment in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

There were 7,971 students in the halls of St. Mary Parish School District schools, 0.3% lower than the year before.

Enrollment in St. Mary Parish was steady compared to the state’s trend of decreasing enrollment.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.3% of them were boys, and 48.7% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among St. Mary Parish School District students was Black or African American, accounting for 38.7% of the student population.

St. Mary Parish School District has a main office in Centerville and is the only school district within St. Mary Parish.

Only 22% of Louisiana’s teachers are Black or Latino, compared to about 48% of the state's K–12 students who identify as either race.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students in Louisiana, which is worse than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

School	Total Enrollment in 2020-2021	Total Enrollment in 2021-2022	Total % Change
Morgan City High School	661	665	0.6%
Hattie A. Watts Elementary School	580	598	3.1%
Morgan City Junior High School	501	516	3%
Centerville High School	535	497	-7.1%
Berwick High School	477	481	0.8%
Berwick Elementary School	493	480	-2.6%
Patterson High School	428	422	-1.4%
Patterson Junior High School	456	405	-11.2%
Raintree Elementary School	413	396	-4.1%
Berwick Junior High School	380	388	2.1%
West St. Mary High School	356	357	0.3%
Wyandotte Elementary School	338	352	4.1%
Bayou Vista Elementary School	330	350	6.1%
M. E. Norman Elementary School	279	331	18.6%
Franklin Senior High School	281	277	-1.4%
J. S. Aucoin Elementary School	265	271	2.3%
W. P. Foster Elementary School	274	251	-8.4%
Julia B. Maitland School	251	241	-4%
B. Edward Boudreaux Middle School	224	216	-3.6%
Lagrange Elementary School	201	208	3.5%
Franklin Junior High School	215	204	-5.1%