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Acadia Parish

Crowley, Louisiana · Public school district · #17 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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9,043

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,300

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% below the Louisiana median

15.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Acadia Parish is a public school district based in Crowley, Louisiana, serving 9,043 students in 27 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 75% of them. Its schools average 335 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $11,300 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% less than the Louisiana median. It has roughly 15.6 students per teacher.

How Acadia Parish compares

Acadia ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,300

Louisiana median $13,259 · 15% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,763

Louisiana median $7,386 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school335

Louisiana median 445 · 25% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.6

Louisiana median 13.2 · 18% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor323

Louisiana median 444 · 27% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$121.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 26%State 47%Local 27%

Measure	Acadia Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,300	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,763	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$113.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$121.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	579	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,152	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.6	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	323	444	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Louisiana median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Louisiana

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Acadia ParishCrowley · this district	9,043	27	$11,300	15.6	#17
St. Charles ParishLuling	8,756	15	$18,238	10.2	#18
Vermilion ParishAbbeville	8,433	20	$13,186	15.4	#19
City of Monroe School DistrictMonroe	8,033	19	$13,956	12.6	#20
Vernon ParishLeesville	7,887	18	$12,745	13.5	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bedford CountyShelbyville, TN	9,042	$8,848	n/a
York 02Clover, SC	9,038	$12,834	13.6
Longwood Central School DistrictMiddle Island, NY	9,029	$26,112	13.9
Lee CountyOpelika, AL	9,026	$10,471	14.8

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-la-acadia-parish