Donaldsonville High School

Summary:

Donaldsonville High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, with a student population of 435. The school is part of the Ascension Parish school district, which is ranked 11th out of 122 districts in Louisiana and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Donaldsonville High School has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (93.56%) compared to surrounding schools, it consistently underperforms the Ascension Parish and Louisiana state averages on End-of-Course (EOC) exams across all subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 40% to 55%, while the Ascension Parish and state averages were significantly higher, ranging from 57% to 87%. Additionally, Donaldsonville High School has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 68.82% to 84.83% over the past three school years, much higher than the surrounding schools.

Despite its relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.9 to 13.9 over the past three school years, Donaldsonville High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Louisiana high schools, with a 1- or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years. In contrast, the surrounding schools, such as St. Amant High School, Dutchtown High School, and East Ascension High School, consistently outperform Donaldsonville High School on academic measures, despite serving more diverse student populations.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 100 Tiger Drive
       Donaldsonville, LA  70346


(225) 391-7900

District: Ascension Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
257th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,660 Help


Feeder schools for Donaldsonville High School:

Elementary:    Donaldsonville Primary School
    Lowery Elementary School
Middle:    Lowery Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.9 Help
Number of students:  435

Racial breakdown:

African American:
93.6%
Two or more races:
2.5%
Hispanic:
2.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.8% Help


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Compare Details Donaldsonville High School ranks worse than 77.2% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks last among 4 ranked high schools in the Ascension Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.72. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Donaldsonville High School has the smallest high school student body size in the Ascension Parish School District. Racial makeup is: African American (93.6%), two or more races (2.5%), Hispanic (2.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Ascension Parish School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Donaldsonville High School is 10.9, which is the lowest among 4 high schools in the Ascension Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Donaldsonville High School is $17,660, which is the highest among 4 high schools in the Ascension Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Donaldsonville High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Donaldsonville High School 257th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Donaldsonville High School in the ranking list.)

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Ascension Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Ascension Parish 11th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Donaldsonville High School

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Rank History for all students at Donaldsonville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 10.72 274th 290 5.5%
2008 10.23 274th 291 5.8%
2009 13.09 272nd 301 9.6%
2010 16.36 270th 297 9.1%
2011 23.60 267th 300 11.0%
2012 40.60 224th 310 27.7%
2013 47.05 206th 312 34.0%
2014 57.38 149th 309 51.8%
2015 50.34 194th 312 37.8%
2016 43.20 212th 297 28.6%
2017 49.44 193rd 297 35.0%
2018 19.83 249th 302 17.5%
2019 20.49 255th 313 18.5%
2021 16.83 265th 322 17.7%
2022 27.76 238th 326 27.0%
2023 35.99 211th 321 34.3%
2024 24.72 257th 333 22.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Donaldsonville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 49.92 64th 138 53.6%
2024 28.38 122nd 165 26.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Donaldsonville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.93 247th 301 17.9%
2021 23.35 229th 285 19.6%
2022 35.08 211th 322 34.5%
2023 38.70 207th 321 35.5%
2024 29.97 232nd 328 29.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Donaldsonville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.52 218th 292 25.3%
2021 17.77 241st 288 16.3%
2022 23.20 245th 311 21.2%
2023 28.76 229th 308 25.6%
2024 26.65 237th 308 23.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Donaldsonville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.43 221st 291 24.1%
2021 16.52 241st 292 17.5%
2022 27.21 222nd 301 26.2%
2023 29.38 214th 306 30.1%
2024 22.43 251st 315 20.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Donaldsonville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.45 158th 233 32.2%
2021 33.38 163rd 243 32.9%
2022 47.83 125th 256 51.2%
2023 48.09 126th 252 50.0%
2024 42.82 143rd 260 45.0%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Donaldsonville High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 641 641
1990 135 471 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 609
1991 121 425 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 546
1992 125 431 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 559
1993 132 427 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 563
1994 141 481 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 624
1995 133 547 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 682
1996 133 547 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 682
1997 135 526 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 663
1998 120 487 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 611
1999 102 523 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 630
2000 96 555 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 656
2001 66 477 2 0 3 n/a n/a 0 548
2002 61 425 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 488
2003 61 425 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 488
2004 44 378 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 426
2005 57 620 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 685
2006 53 646 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 707
2007 50 665 1 5 0 n/a n/a 0 721
2008 43 600 2 5 0 n/a n/a 0 650
2009 38 631 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 678
2010 46 619 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 675
2011 44 645 0 11 0 0 0 0 700
2012 34 409 0 10 0 0 0 0 453
2013 24 410 0 8 1 0 0 0 443
2014 23 415 0 2 1 0 0 0 441
2015 24 439 0 3 2 0 1 0 469
2016 21 439 0 2 2 0 0 0 464
2017 17 434 0 5 1 0 0 0 457
2018 16 429 0 9 1 0 0 0 455
2019 13 440 0 9 0 0 0 0 462
2020 11 430 0 11 0 0 3 0 455
2021 10 424 0 9 0 0 5 0 448
2022 11 436 0 9 0 0 9 0 465
2023 7 407 0 9 1 0 11 0 435

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Donaldsonville High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 641 44.0 14.5 291.9
1990 609 45.0 13.5 58.6
1991 546 47.0 11.6 61.5
1992 559 46.0 12.1 57.6
1993 563 47.0 12.0 61.3
1994 624 48.0 13.0 65.4
1995 682 50.1 13.6 65.5
1996 682 50.1 13.6 65.5
1997 663 46.0 14.4 60
1998 611 46.0 13.3 64.6
1999 630 46.0 13.7 72.4
2000 656 45.0 14.6 55.8
2001 548 45.0 12.2 69.9
2002 488 43.0 11.3 73.4
2003 488 43.0 11.3 73.4
2004 426 41.3 10.3 76.3
2005 685 59.0 11.6 83.1
2006 707 60.0 11.8 77.8
2007 721 62.0 11.6 84.7
2008 650 63.0 10.3 82.8
2009 678 61.0 11.1 86
2010 675 69.0 9.7 83.9
2011 700 69.5 10.0 85.9
2012 453 63.5 7.1 87
2013 443 37.0 11.9 86.9
2014 441 39.0 11.3 85.9
2015 469 35.0 13.4 91.5
2016 464 43.0 10.7 92.7
2017 457 34.5 13.2 92.3
2018 455 31.6 14.3 59.6
2019 462 34.5 13.3 70.1
2020 455 32.6 13.9 82.6
2021 448 32.1 13.9 76.3
2022 465 36.0 12.9 68.8
2023 435 39.8 10.9 84.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Donaldsonville High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 641 44.0 14.5 291.9
1990 609 45.0 13.5 58.6
1991 546 47.0 11.6 61.5
1992 559 46.0 12.1 57.6
1993 563 47.0 12.0 61.3
1994 624 48.0 13.0 65.4
1995 682 50.1 13.6 65.5
1996 682 50.1 13.6 65.5
1997 663 46.0 14.4 60
1998 611 46.0 13.3 64.6
1999 630 46.0 13.7 72.4
2000 656 45.0 14.6 55.8
2001 548 45.0 12.2 69.9
2002 488 43.0 11.3 73.4
2003 488 43.0 11.3 73.4
2004 426 41.3 10.3 76.3
2005 685 59.0 11.6 83.1
2006 707 60.0 11.8 77.8
2007 721 62.0 11.6 84.7
2008 650 63.0 10.3 82.8
2009 678 61.0 11.1 86
2010 675 69.0 9.7 83.9
2011 700 69.5 10.0 85.9
2012 453 63.5 7.1 87
2013 443 37.0 11.9 86.9
2014 441 39.0 11.3 85.9
2015 469 35.0 13.4 91.5
2016 464 43.0 10.7 92.7
2017 457 34.5 13.2 92.3
2018 455 31.6 14.3 59.6
2019 462 34.5 13.3 70.1
2020 455 32.6 13.9 82.6
2021 448 32.1 13.9 76.3
2022 465 36.0 12.9 68.8
2023 435 39.8 10.9 84.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Donaldsonville High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $16,397
2018 $15,983
2019 $15,731
2020 $15,514
2021 $16,638
2022 $17,660

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Donaldsonville High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 255th of 313 High schoolsRanks 211th of 321 High schools
 15.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Donaldsonville High School)3445
 11%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ascension Parish)9080
 10%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6758
 9%
End of Course English II (Donaldsonville High School)4770
 23%
   End of Course English II (Ascension Parish)8484
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Donaldsonville High School)5838
 20%
   End of Course U.S. History (Ascension Parish)8277
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Donaldsonville High School)4649
 3%
   End of Course English I (Ascension Parish)8581
 4%
   End of Course English I (Louisiana)7167
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students462435
 5.8%
African American440407
 7.5%
American Indian01
Asian00
Hispanic99
Pacific Islander00
White137
 46.2%
Two or More Races011
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.1%84.8%
 14.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Donaldsonville High School

Donaldsonville High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Donaldsonville Primary School
Elementary : Lowery Elementary School
Middle : Lowery Middle School

Donaldsonville High School ranks in the bottom 22.8% of Louisiana high schools.

Students at Donaldsonville High School are 94% African American, 3% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic, 2% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 435 students attended Donaldsonville High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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