South Louisiana News

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

There were 9,388 students in the halls of Vermilion Parish School District schools, 2.1% lower than the year before.

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

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 70.1% of the Vermilion Parish School Districts total enrollment.

Vermilion Parish School District has a main office in Abbeville and is the only school district within Vermilion Parish.

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.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

School	Total Enrollment in 2020-2021	Total Enrollment in 2021-2022	Total % Change
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice	783	833	6.4%
North Vermilion High School	763	808	5.9%
Leblanc Elementary School	664	674	1.5%
North Vermilion Middle School	676	647	-4.3%
Dozier Elementary School	572	564	-1.4%
Abbeville High School	607	552	-9.1%
Kaplan Elementary School	546	547	0.2%
Erath High School	527	534	1.3%
Kaplan High School	524	521	-0.6%
Erath Middle School	470	493	4.9%
Eaton Park Elementary School	445	458	2.9%
J. H. Williams Middle School	559	453	-19%
Rene A. Rost Middle School	435	402	-7.6%
Meaux Elementary School	407	401	-1.5%
James A. Herod Elementary School	372	338	-9.1%
Forked Island/E. Broussard Elementary School	274	241	-12%
Seventh Ward Elementary School	233	230	-1.3%
Gueydan High School	234	227	-3%
Indian Bayou Elementary School	209	216	3.3%
Jesse Owens Elementary School	199	190	-4.5%