Louisiana school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 69 regular districts, 69 report 2024–25 enrollment and 69 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

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Showing 1–25 of 69 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

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Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Jefferson Parish	Harvey	75	46,790
2	East Baton Rouge Parish	Baton Rouge	74	39,320
3	St. Tammany Parish	Covington	55	35,956
4	Caddo Parish	Shreveport	55	32,165
5	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette	44	29,396
6	Calcasieu Parish	Lake Charles	55	27,851
7	Livingston Parish	Livingston	43	26,499
8	Ascension Parish	Donaldsonville	32	23,743
9	Bossier Parish	Benton	33	22,224
10	Rapides Parish	Alexandria	42	21,340
11	Tangipahoa Parish	Amite	33	19,077
12	Ouachita Parish	West Monroe	36	17,435
13	Terrebonne Parish	Houma	28	14,611
14	Lafourche Parish	Thibodaux	29	13,326
15	St. Landry Parish	Opelousas	32	10,982
16	Iberia Parish	New Iberia	22	10,768
17	Acadia Parish	Crowley	27	9,043
18	St. Charles Parish	Luling	15	8,756
19	Vermilion Parish	Abbeville	20	8,433
20	City of Monroe School District	Monroe	19	8,033
21	Vernon Parish	Leesville	18	7,887
22	St. Bernard Parish	Chalmette	12	7,592
23	St. Mary Parish	Centerville	21	7,153
24	St. Martin Parish	Breaux Bridge	15	6,680
25	Lincoln Parish	Ruston	12	5,601

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Largest school districts in Louisiana

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Jefferson Parish 75 schools	Harvey	46,790
2	East Baton Rouge Parish 74 schools	Baton Rouge	39,320
3	St. Tammany Parish 55 schools	Covington	35,956
4	Caddo Parish 55 schools	Shreveport	32,165
5	Lafayette Parish 44 schools	Lafayette	29,396
6	Calcasieu Parish 55 schools	Lake Charles	27,851
7	Livingston Parish 43 schools	Livingston	26,499
8	Ascension Parish 32 schools	Donaldsonville	23,743
9	Bossier Parish 33 schools	Benton	22,224
10	Rapides Parish 42 schools	Alexandria	21,340
11	Tangipahoa Parish 33 schools	Amite	19,077
12	Ouachita Parish 36 schools	West Monroe	17,435
13	Terrebonne Parish 28 schools	Houma	14,611
14	Lafourche Parish 29 schools	Thibodaux	13,326
15	St. Landry Parish 32 schools	Opelousas	10,982
16	Iberia Parish 22 schools	New Iberia	10,768
17	Acadia Parish 27 schools	Crowley	9,043
18	St. Charles Parish 15 schools	Luling	8,756
19	Vermilion Parish 20 schools	Abbeville	8,433
20	City of Monroe School District 19 schools	Monroe	8,033
21	Vernon Parish 18 schools	Leesville	7,887
22	St. Bernard Parish 12 schools	Chalmette	7,592
23	St. Mary Parish 21 schools	Centerville	7,153
24	St. Martin Parish 15 schools	Breaux Bridge	6,680
25	Lincoln Parish 12 schools	Ruston	5,601

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Louisiana

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	Orleans Parish 2,322 students	New Orleans	$39,996
2	Cameron Parish 1,120 students	Cameron	$27,631
3	Red River Parish 1,243 students	Coushatta	$23,766
4	Tensas Parish 301 students	St. Joseph	$23,098
5	St. Charles Parish 8,756 students	Luling	$22,961
6	Iberville Parish 4,076 students	Plaquemine	$22,415
7	City of Bogalusa School District 1,803 students	Bogalusa	$21,068
8	Bienville Parish 1,799 students	Arcadia	$21,059
9	Plaquemines Parish 3,510 students	Belle Chasse	$19,657
10	St. John the Baptist Parish 5,039 students	Reserve	$19,438
11	St. James Parish 3,194 students	Lutcher	$19,342
12	East Carroll Parish 736 students	Lake Providence	$19,240
13	West Feliciana Parish 2,145 students	St. Francisville	$18,707
14	Madison Parish 1,133 students	Tallulah	$18,632
15	DeSoto Parish 4,923 students	Mansfield	$18,116
16	West Baton Rouge Parish 4,153 students	Port Allen	$17,984
17	Calcasieu Parish 27,851 students	Lake Charles	$17,724
18	Caldwell Parish 1,310 students	Columbia	$17,637
19	Catahoula Parish 898 students	Harrisonburg	$16,990
20	Claiborne Parish 1,616 students	Homer	$16,903
21	Pointe Coupee Parish 2,293 students	New Roads	$16,733
22	East Feliciana Parish 1,647 students	Clinton	$16,652
23	Morehouse Parish 3,082 students	Bastrop	$16,560
24	Sabine Parish 3,741 students	Many	$15,948
25	Franklin Parish 2,454 students	Winnsboro	$15,907

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Louisiana high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	Live Oak High School 09–12 · 44 AP courses	Livingston Parish	3 of 3
2	Baton Rouge Magnet High School 09–12 · 35 AP courses	East Baton Rouge Parish	3 of 3
3	Caddo Parish Magnet High School 09–12 · 35 AP courses	Caddo Parish	3 of 3
4	Benjamin Franklin High School 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Benjamin Franklin High School	3 of 3
5	C.E. Byrd High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Caddo Parish	3 of 3
6	Denham Springs High School 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Livingston Parish	3 of 3
7	Lafayette High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Lafayette Parish	3 of 3
8	Woodlawn High School 09–12 · 20 AP courses	East Baton Rouge Parish	3 of 3
9	Sulphur High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses	Calcasieu Parish	3 of 3
10	Destrehan High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses	St. Charles Parish	3 of 3
11	Zachary High School 09–12 · 16 AP courses	Zachary Community School District	3 of 3
12	Captain Shreve High School 09–13 · 16 AP courses	Caddo Parish	3 of 3
13	Central High School 09–12 · 14 AP courses	Central Community School District	3 of 3
14	Fontainebleau High School 09–12 · 14 AP courses	St. Tammany Parish	3 of 3
15	Neville High School 09–12 · 14 AP courses	City of Monroe School District	3 of 3
16	West Monroe High School 08–12 · 12 AP courses	Ouachita Parish	3 of 3
17	Walker High School 09–12 · 12 AP courses	Livingston Parish	3 of 3
18	Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy 06–12 · 12 AP courses	Jefferson Parish	3 of 3
19	Airline High School 08–12 · 11 AP courses	Bossier Parish	3 of 3
20	Parkway High School 08–12 · 11 AP courses	Bossier Parish	3 of 3
21	West Feliciana High School 09–12 · 11 AP courses	West Feliciana Parish	3 of 3
22	Mandeville High School 09–12 · 10 AP courses	St. Tammany Parish	3 of 3
23	Port Allen High School 09–12 · 10 AP courses	West Baton Rouge Parish	3 of 3
24	Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies 06–12 · 9 AP courses	Jefferson Parish	3 of 3
25	Northshore High School 09–12 · 8 AP courses	St. Tammany Parish	3 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.