📍 100 Tiger Drive, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, 70346
Donaldsonville High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish. The school has 435 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ascension Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Donaldsonville High School enrolls 435 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 2.5% Two or more races and 2.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 407 | 94% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 2.1% |
| White | 7 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
369 of the school's 435 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 344 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Donaldsonville High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 2, state house district 58.
Donaldsonville High School is one of 31 schools in Ascension Parish, based in Sorrento, Louisiana. The district serves 23,743 students district-wide and employs 1,558 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 435 students, Donaldsonville High School is smaller than the district average of about 766 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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