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Ouachita Parish

A public school district in West Monroe, Louisiana, with 36 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

17,435
Students enrolled
1,178.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
2,551.9
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,051
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 17,435 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 445th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 12th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,051 in fiscal year 2023
More than 26% 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

Ouachita Parish spent $13,752 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,897 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: NCES

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The figures

Ouachita Parish spent $13,752 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,897 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$13,752$256.6 million18,657
FY2023$13,051$249.7 million19,136
FY2022$12,772$232.5 million18,204
FY2021$11,720$215.1 million18,355
FY2020$10,534$200.7 million19,058
FY2019$10,419$198.5 million19,054
FY2018$10,254$197.9 million19,304
FY2017$10,217$198.4 million19,420
FY2016$10,297$201.6 million19,580
FY2015$10,292$205.3 million19,943
FY2014$9,935$197.9 million19,923
FY2013$9,339$187.2 million20,043
FY2012$10,725$211.5 million19,718
FY2011$9,921$195.2 million19,680
FY2010$9,523$184.4 million19,359
FY2009$9,660$184.7 million19,119
FY2008$9,213$175.5 million19,050
FY2007$8,096$153.3 million18,937
FY2006$7,429$138.5 million18,646
FY2005$6,897$126.4 million18,328

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Ouachita Parish by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$49.2 million17.0%
State$124.6 million43.1%
Local$115.4 million39.9%
Total$289.2 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

36 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Ouachita Parish
SchoolStudents
Boley Elementary School279
Calhoun Elementary School420
Calhoun Middle School423
Central Elementary School430
Claiborne School643
Crosley Elementary School193
Drew Elementary School537
East Ouachita Middle School498
George Welch Elementary School429
Good Hope Middle School601
Highland Elementary School263
Jack Hayes Elementary School501
Kiroli Elementary School450
Lakeshore School532
Lenwil Elementary School277
Ouachita Junior High School312
Ouachita Parish High School1,112
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School167
Richwood High School400
Richwood Junior High School347
Riser Elementary School313
Riser Middle School410
Riverbend Elementary School301
Robinson Elementary School374
Shady Grove Elementary School195
Sterlington Elementary School800
Sterlington High School513
Sterlington Middle School418
Swartz Lower Elementary School325
Swartz Upper Elementary School350
Swayze Elementary School175
West Monroe High School2,041
West Ouachita High School968
West Ridge Middle School681
Woodlawn Elementary School508
Woodlawn Middle School249

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
2201200

Elsewhere

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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