Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Ascension Parish is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Oct 2019
Maintained 1: Apr 2021
Maintained 2: Jan 2022
Maintained 3: Feb 2023
Maintained 4: Aug 2024
Maintained 5: Apr 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Ascension Parish is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
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Emerging | High School | 4868 | 1396 | 2554 | 694 | 224 | 0 |
College | 29 | 6 | 14 | 8 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 294 | 58 | 112 | 76 | 48 | 0 |
Public | 212 | 38 | 126 | 37 | 11 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 848 | 275 | 427 | 120 | 26 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6258 | 1777 | 3235 | 935 | 311 | + |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 4868 | 1396 | 2554 | 694 | 224 | 0 |
College | 29 | 6 | 14 | 8 | + | 0 | |
Current | Private | 294 | 58 | 112 | 76 | 48 | 0 |
Public | 212 | 38 | 126 | 37 | 11 | 0 | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 848 | 275 | 427 | 120 | 26 | + | |
Recent Veteran | 6 | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 6258 | 1777 | 3235 | 935 | 311 | + |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Apr 30, 2025
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
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✓ Emerging | 2292 | 4897 |
✓
Current |
257 | 506 |
Transitioning | 944 | 855 |
Workforce category not identified | + | 1 |
Workforce | Total |
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Employers Supporting | 96 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
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Not Earned | 308 | 113 | 3 | 1 |
Bronze | 832 | 35 | 2 | |
Silver | 247 | 19 | ||
Gold | 68 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Ascension Parish where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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Ascension
Participating High Schools
These Ascension Parish high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Donaldsonville High School
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Dutchtown High School
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East Ascension High School
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St. Amant High School
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Prairieville High School
Employers in Ascension Parish recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Apaché Industrial Services
City of Donaldsonville
Quality Inn Donaldsonville
- Suburban Extended Stay Hotel
- Specialty Welding And Turnarounds SWAT
- EATEL
- Port Barrow Cafe
- The Church United For Community
Development - Ascension Parish Assessor's Office
- Carli-Co Cafe
- iLoveKickboxing - Gonzales
- On-Site Medical Solutions
- Sharon Hebert & Associates
- Notary Light in Transit
Bourque Chiropractic
- Starlite Espresso Cafe
- Ardent Services
- Channell Drugs
- Cajun Industries LLC
- Community Steel Co
- Gap Factory
- Tru-Connect
- Westgate LLC
- Turner Industries Office
- Kelly Educational Staffing
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