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Bienville Parish

Arcadia, Louisiana · Public school district · #55 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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1,799

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,648

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 41% above the Louisiana median

8.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Bienville Parish is a public school district based in Arcadia, Louisiana, serving 1,799 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #55 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 16% of them. Its schools average 225 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $18,648 per student on day-to-day operations, 41% more than the Louisiana median. It has roughly 8.8 students per teacher.

How Bienville Parish compares

Bienville ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,648

Louisiana median $13,259 · 41% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,825

Louisiana median $7,386 · 47% above · FY2020-21

Students per school225

Louisiana median 445 · 49% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher8.8

Louisiana median 13.2 · 33% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,799

Louisiana median 444 · 305% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$42.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 22%Local 69%

Measure	Bienville Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,648	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,825	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$44.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$42.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	205	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	382	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	8.8	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,799	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
Jackson ParishJonesboro	1,927	5	$13,284	12.3	#53
City of Bogalusa School DistrictBogalusa	1,803	4	$16,555	13.0	#54
Bienville ParishArcadia · this district	1,799	8	$18,648	8.8	#55
Winn ParishWinnfield	1,732	5	$13,967	13.5	#56
East Feliciana ParishClinton	1,647	6	$14,058	15.0	#57

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Thatcher Unified District (4219)Thatcher, AZ	1,801	$8,551	18.8
Manteno CUSD 5Manteno, IL	1,801	$14,360	13.1
Quaker Valley School DistrictLeetsdale, PA	1,800	$21,923	11.5
Mount Pleasant Community School DistrictMount Pleasant, IA	1,799	$12,118	12.8

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-bienville-parish