Central Louisiana News

Delta Charter School MST had the highest enrollment among Concordia Parish schools, welcoming 463 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Out of the total students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.3% of them were boys, and 49.7% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 58.1% of Delta Charter School MST's total enrollment.

Among the 11 schools in the Concordia Parish, Vidalia Lower Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 434 students, while Monterey High School welcomed 398 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Delta Charter School MST is part of the Delta Charter Group School District, which generally encompasses schools within Concordia Parish, with its main office in Ferriday.

In the previous school year, Delta Charter School MST had the highest number of students among Concordia Parish schools.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students in Louisiana, which is worse than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

Only 22% of Louisiana’s teachers are Black or Latino, compared to about 48% of the state's K–12 students who identify as either race.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Delta Charter School MST	Ferriday	463
Vidalia Lower Elementary School	Vidalia	434
Monterey High School	Monterey	398
Vidalia High School	Vidalia	364
Vidalia Upper Elementary School	Vidalia	337
Vidalia Junior High School	Vidalia	329
Ferriday High School	Ferriday	315
Ferriday Lower Elementary School	Ferriday	300
Ferriday Upper Elementary School	Ferriday	264
Ferriday Junior High School	Ferriday	245
Concordia Education Center	Ferriday	37