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Grant Parish

Colfax, Louisiana · Public school district · #45 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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2,712

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,304

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% above the Louisiana median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Grant Parish is a public school district based in Colfax, Louisiana, serving 2,712 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #45 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 387 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $15,304 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% more than the Louisiana median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Grant Parish compares

Grant ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,304

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

Instruction spending per student$6,097

Louisiana median $7,386 · 17% below · FY2020-21

Students per school387

Louisiana median 445 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Louisiana median 13.2 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor904

Louisiana median 444 · 104% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$49.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 45%Local 42%

Measure	Grant Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,304	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,097	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$48.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$49.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	207	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	365	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	904	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
Concordia ParishVidalia	2,911	10	$13,633	11.2	#44
Grant ParishColfax · this district	2,712	7	$15,304	13.1	#45
Assumption ParishNapoleonville	2,701	9	$13,095	12.7	#46
Richland ParishRayville	2,694	11	$12,816	16.5	#47
LaSalle ParishJena	2,520	9	$12,780	13.2	#48

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Jefferson County School District 509JMadras, OR	2,713	$16,384	15.1
Lakewood School DistrictMarysville, WA	2,713	$14,213	18.3
Fridley Public School DistrictFridley, MN	2,712	$14,914	11.9
Klamath Falls City SchoolsKlamath Falls, OR	2,711	$14,292	17.5

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-grant-parish