Lafayette Reporter

There were 27 Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students enrolled in Lafayette Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 3.6% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Lafayette Parish welcomed 35,353 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 48 schools within the parish, Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of four students.

According to a 2023 Scholaroo study, Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, ranking second-to-last behind Arizona. The state ranked poorly in key metrics such as school quality, student achievement, and teacher-student ratios.

School name	% of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students enrollment	Number of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students	Total Enrollment
Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School	0.7%	4	606
Broadmoor Elementary School	0.3%	2	744
L. Leo Judice Elementary School	0.3%	1	361
J. Wallace James Elementary School	0.3%	3	927
L. J. Alleman Middle School	0.2%	2	869
Alice N. Boucher Elementary School	0.2%	1	422
Paul Breaux Middle School	0.2%	1	608
Katharine Drexel Elementary School	0.2%	1	593
Milton Elementary School	0.2%	3	1,261
Ossun Elementary School	0.2%	1	490
Prairie Elementary School	0.2%	1	653
Westside Elementary School	0.2%	1	642
Woodvale Elementary School	0.2%	2	812
Ridge Elementary School	0.2%	1	635
Willow Charter Academy	0.2%	1	577
Acadiana High School	0.1%	2	1,690
Green T. Lindon Elementary School	0.1%	1	671
Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy	0.1%	2	1,750