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Belle Chasse High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
8346 Highway 23
Belle Chasse, LA 70037
Phone
(504) 394-2810
District
Plaquemines Parish
County
PLAQUEMINES PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
979
Classroom Teachers
66

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.1% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Belle Chasse High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
64%
40%
65%
44%
63%
37%
64%
40%
65%
44%
63%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
66%
40%
67%
48%
64%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
15
13
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 252 25.7%
Grade 10 257 26.3%
Grade 11 219 22.4%
Grade 12 251 25.6%
Total 979 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 61.7% 52.3% 43.7%
Black 17.4% 27.5% 42.9%
Hispanic 12.9% 11.7% 11.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.5% 6.4% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 2.0% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.0% 62.2% 62.4%
Free lunch eligible 35.2% 53.6% 58.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.7% 8.6% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 23,070 4,573,749
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 29.6 105
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 6.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.7% 19.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.4% 33.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.6% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 13.9% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,200 1,783,168
Single Parent Households With Children 8.6% 10.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.6% 86.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.8% 26.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.3% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.5% 14.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.5% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.9% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.4% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.9% 14.0%
$15,000 or less 8.5% 13.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,798 $34,603,000 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,341 $5,275,000 7.3%
Staff $613 $2,412,000 3.3%
General Administration $633 $2,488,000 3.4%
School Administration $890 $3,501,000 4.8%
Operation $3,245 $12,761,000 17.7%
Transportation $879 $3,456,000 4.8%
Other $761 $2,993,000 4.1%
Total Support $8,362 $32,886,000 45.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,197 $4,708,000 6.5%
Total Expenditures $18,357 $72,197,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,126 $5,116,487,000 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $561,266,000 5.5%
Staff $672 $482,832,000 4.7%
General Administration $324 $232,689,000 2.3%
School Administration $813 $583,995,000 5.7%
Operation $1,460 $1,048,151,000 10.2%
Transportation $649 $465,810,000 4.5%
Other $356 $255,444,000 2.5%
Total Support $5,056 $3,630,187,000 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,134 $1,532,450,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $14,316 $10,279,124,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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