South Louisiana News

There were 10,179 students enrolled in Vermilion Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.2% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 50.5% of them were boys, and 49.5% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 68.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in the parish, followed by 19% Black students, 5.2% Hispanic students and 2% Asian students.

Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice had the highest enrolment among Vermilion Parish's schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 818 students.

Louisiana's education system was considered one of the worst in the U.S., according to a WalletHub analysis. The state was ranked 47th overall, based on class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-2023	Total enrollment in 2023-2024	% change
Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice	825	818	-0.8%
North Vermilion High School	822	800	-2.7%
Leblanc Elementary School	678	650	-4.1%
North Vermilion Middle School	631	650	3%
Kaplan Elementary School	578	572	-1%
Dozier Elementary School	548	567	3.5%
Abbeville High School	538	559	3.9%
Erath Middle School	533	510	-4.3%
Kaplan High School	532	526	-1.1%
Delcambre High School	509	464	-8.8%
Erath High School	508	508	0%
Delcambre Elementary School	492	486	-1.2%
J. H. Williams Middle School	467	451	-3.4%
Eaton Park Elementary School	426	411	-3.5%
Meaux Elementary School	405	412	1.7%
Rene A. Rost Middle School	391	385	-1.5%
James A. Herod Elementary School	325	325	0%
Forked Island/E. Broussard Elementary School	251	248	-1.2%
Indian Bayou Elementary School	244	237	-2.9%
Gueydan High School	221	201	-9%
Seventh Ward Elementary School	210	208	-1%
Jesse Owens Elementary School	199	191	-4%