Bienville Parish
A public school district in Arcadia, Louisiana, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,799
- Students enrolled
- 205.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 382.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,059
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,799 in 2024–25
- Ranks 4,946th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 60th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 72% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,059 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 77% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Bienville Parish spent $21,059 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,550 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $21,059 | $41.5 million | 1,971 |
| FY2022 | $20,542 | $40.1 million | 1,953 |
| FY2021 | $18,648 | $36.9 million | 1,980 |
| FY2020 | $15,640 | $34.0 million | 2,171 |
| FY2019 | $18,446 | $39.8 million | 2,157 |
| FY2018 | $15,954 | $35.9 million | 2,250 |
| FY2017 | $14,712 | $33.3 million | 2,262 |
| FY2016 | $15,001 | $33.8 million | 2,255 |
| FY2015 | $15,663 | $35.1 million | 2,243 |
| FY2014 | $14,559 | $32.7 million | 2,249 |
| FY2013 | $13,560 | $31.7 million | 2,336 |
| FY2012 | $19,221 | $44.6 million | 2,318 |
| FY2011 | $19,343 | $44.6 million | 2,307 |
| FY2010 | $13,968 | $31.9 million | 2,286 |
| FY2009 | $13,277 | $29.3 million | 2,207 |
| FY2008 | $12,657 | $29.2 million | 2,308 |
| FY2007 | $10,483 | $24.8 million | 2,368 |
| FY2006 | $9,647 | $23.4 million | 2,427 |
| FY2005 | $9,550 | $23.1 million | 2,422 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $5.8 million | 9.1% |
| State | $10.5 million | 16.5% |
| Local | $47.4 million | 74.4% |
| Total | $63.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Arcadia High School | 248 |
| Bienville High School | 0 |
| Castor High School | 417 |
| Crawford Elementary School | 278 |
| Gibsland-Coleman High School | 139 |
| Ringgold Elementary School | 195 |
| Ringgold High School | 219 |
| Saline High School | 303 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2200210
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Louisiana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Louisiana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Louisiana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved