District profile / Louisiana

Franklin Parish

Winnsboro, Louisiana · Public school district · #49 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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2,454

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,440

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

12.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Franklin Parish is a public school district based in Winnsboro, Louisiana, serving 2,454 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #49 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 25% of them. Its schools average 409 students each, about the same as the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $13,440 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.2 students per teacher.

How Franklin Parish compares

Franklin ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,440

Louisiana median $13,259 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,959

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

Students per school409

Louisiana median 445 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.2

Louisiana median 13.2 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor818

Louisiana median 444 · 84% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$41.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 26%State 49%Local 25%

Measure	Franklin Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,440	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,959	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$41.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	201	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	438	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.2	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	818	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
Richland ParishRayville	2,694	11	$12,816	16.5	#47
LaSalle ParishJena	2,520	9	$12,780	13.2	#48
Franklin ParishWinnsboro · this district	2,454	6	$13,440	12.2	#49
Orleans ParishNew Orleans	2,322	6	$30,003	11.2	#50
Pointe Coupee ParishNew Roads	2,293	5	$13,259	14.0	#51

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Piedmont City UnifiedPiedmont, CA	2,455	$18,631	17.8
Ringgold School DistrictNew Eagle, PA	2,455	$13,099	12.0
Wahluke School DistrictMattawa, WA	2,455	$15,331	19.2
Indian Springs School District 109Justice, IL	2,453	$16,248	11.9

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-franklin-parish