Nola Reporter

There were 7,695 students enrolled in St. Bernard Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 1.3% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that white students made up 42.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in the parish, followed by 31.1% Black students, 19.4% Hispanic students and 2.2% Asian students.

Chalmette High School had the highest enrolment among St. Bernard Parish's schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 2,114 students.

According to a 2023 Scholaroo study, Louisiana's education system ranked 49th in the U.S., only ahead of Arizona. The state ranked poorly in key metrics such as school quality, student achievement, and student safety.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-2023	Total enrollment in 2023-2024	% change
Chalmette High School	2,139	2,114	-1.2%
N. P. Trist Middle School	757	734	-3%
Lacoste Elementary School	695	690	-0.7%
Joseph J. Davies Elementary School	637	632	-0.8%
Andrew Jackson Middle School	594	563	-5.2%
Arlene Meraux Elementary School	559	597	6.8%
Arabi Elementary School	534	547	2.4%
J. F. Gauthier School	510	498	-2.4%
Chalmette Elementary School	497	464	-6.6%
W. Smith Jr. Elementary School	374	379	1.3%
St. Bernard Middle School	344	332	-3.5%
C. F. Rowley Alternative School	160	145	-9.4%