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Claiborne Parish

Homer, Louisiana · Public school district · #58 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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1,616

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,675

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% above the Louisiana median

11.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Claiborne Parish is a public school district based in Homer, Louisiana, serving 1,616 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #58 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 11% of them. Its schools average 269 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $14,675 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% more than the Louisiana median. It has roughly 11.5 students per teacher.

How Claiborne Parish compares

Claiborne ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,675

Louisiana median $13,259 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,880

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

Students per school269

Louisiana median 445 · 40% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.5

Louisiana median 13.2 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor404

Louisiana median 444 · 9% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 46%Local 36%

Measure	Claiborne Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,675	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,880	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	141	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	310	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.5	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	404	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
Winn ParishWinnfield	1,732	5	$13,967	13.5	#56
East Feliciana ParishClinton	1,647	6	$14,058	15.0	#57
Claiborne ParishHomer · this district	1,616	6	$14,675	11.5	#58
Union ParishFarmerville	1,555	3	$13,310	12.1	#59
West Carroll ParishOak Grove	1,483	3	$11,768	17.2	#60

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Heber Springs School DistrictHeber Springs, AR	1,617	$9,711	12.1
Ft Sam Houston ISDSan Antonio, TX	1,617	$17,297	11.8
Grant County SchoolsPetersburg, WV	1,617	$11,317	12.6
South Summit DistrictKamas, UT	1,616	$11,346	18.6

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-claiborne-parish