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Vermilion Parish

Abbeville, Louisiana · Public school district · #19 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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8,433

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,186

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

15.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Vermilion Parish is a public school district based in Abbeville, Louisiana, serving 8,433 students in 20 schools. By enrollment it ranks #19 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 72% of them. Its schools average 422 students each, about the same as the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $13,186 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.4 students per teacher.

How Vermilion Parish compares

Vermilion ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,186

Louisiana median $13,259 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,737

Louisiana median $7,386 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school422

Louisiana median 445 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.4

Louisiana median 13.2 · 17% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor422

Louisiana median 444 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$128.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 47%Local 36%

Measure	Vermilion Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,186	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,737	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$128.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$128.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	548	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	933	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.4	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	422	444	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Louisiana median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Louisiana

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Acadia ParishCrowley	9,043	27	$11,300	15.6	#17
St. Charles ParishLuling	8,756	15	$18,238	10.2	#18
Vermilion ParishAbbeville · this district	8,433	20	$13,186	15.4	#19
City of Monroe School DistrictMonroe	8,033	19	$13,956	12.6	#20
Vernon ParishLeesville	7,887	18	$12,745	13.5	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Stillwater Area Public SchoolsStillwater, MN	8,455	$13,952	17.7
Aledo ISDAledo, TX	8,430	$9,550	16.8
Moses Lake School DistrictMoses Lake, WA	8,430	$14,759	20.8
Eufaula CityEufaula, AL	8,421	$4,669	59.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-la-vermilion-parish