Lafayette Parish
A public school district in Lafayette, Louisiana, with 45 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 29,396
- Students enrolled
- 1,672.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 3,070.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,386
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 29,396 in 2024–25
- Ranks 217th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,386 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 19% 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
Lafayette Parish spent $12,386 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,370 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 | $12,386 | $401.0 million | 32,377 |
| FY2022 | $11,837 | $370.2 million | 31,271 |
| FY2021 | $11,366 | $351.0 million | 30,878 |
| FY2020 | $10,512 | $330.4 million | 31,430 |
| FY2019 | $10,307 | $318.4 million | 30,897 |
| FY2018 | $10,190 | $312.1 million | 30,633 |
| FY2017 | $10,099 | $303.1 million | 30,015 |
| FY2016 | $10,066 | $301.5 million | 29,951 |
| FY2015 | $10,356 | $310.1 million | 29,948 |
| FY2014 | $10,254 | $317.5 million | 30,961 |
| FY2013 | $9,973 | $306.4 million | 30,723 |
| FY2012 | $10,373 | $315.9 million | 30,451 |
| FY2011 | $10,039 | $303.4 million | 30,218 |
| FY2010 | $10,178 | $304.4 million | 29,905 |
| FY2009 | $9,731 | $288.6 million | 29,653 |
| FY2008 | $9,107 | $271.1 million | 29,762 |
| FY2007 | $8,259 | $249.9 million | 30,255 |
| FY2006 | $7,862 | $241.6 million | 30,731 |
| FY2005 | $7,370 | $219.8 million | 29,816 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $100.2 million | 18.5% |
| State | $165.9 million | 30.6% |
| Local | $276.6 million | 51.0% |
| Total | $542.7 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
45 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 2200870
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