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Jefferson Davis Parish

A public school district in Jennings, Louisiana, with 12 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,210
Students enrolled
356.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
697.7
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,082
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,210 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 1,840th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 29th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,082 in fiscal year 2023
More than 36% 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

Jefferson Davis Parish spent $14,500 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,647 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.

Source: The College Scorecard

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The figures

Jefferson Davis Parish spent $14,500 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,647 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$14,500$80.3 million5,538
FY2023$14,082$78.8 million5,595
FY2022$13,526$73.0 million5,397
FY2021$12,095$68.4 million5,653
FY2020$10,986$62.7 million5,705
FY2019$10,810$62.5 million5,784
FY2018$10,152$60.3 million5,935
FY2017$10,518$62.1 million5,903
FY2016$10,633$62.2 million5,854
FY2015$10,560$61.3 million5,809
FY2014$10,391$61.1 million5,883
FY2013$10,627$62.3 million5,867
FY2012$10,777$62.7 million5,822
FY2011$10,141$59.3 million5,846
FY2010$10,170$59.6 million5,861
FY2009$10,196$59.5 million5,839
FY2008$9,622$56.5 million5,869
FY2007$8,960$51.8 million5,776
FY2006$8,292$48.6 million5,856
FY2005$7,647$44.7 million5,840

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Jefferson Davis Parish by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$13.4 million16.0%
State$39.0 million46.6%
Local$31.3 million37.4%
Total$83.7 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

12 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Jefferson Davis Parish
SchoolStudents
Elton Elementary School221
Elton High School245
Fenton Elementary School73
Hathaway High School566
Jennings Elementary School976
Jennings High School775
Lacassine High School587
Lake Arthur Elementary School441
Lake Arthur High School365
Welsh Elementary School499
Welsh High School263
Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School199

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
2200810

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Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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