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LaSalle Parish

Jena, Louisiana · Public school district · #48 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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2,520

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,780

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

LaSalle Parish is a public school district based in Jena, Louisiana, serving 2,520 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #48 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 27% of them. Its schools average 280 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $12,780 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How LaSalle Parish compares

LaSalle ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,780

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

Instruction spending per student$7,364

Louisiana median $7,386 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school280

Louisiana median 445 · 37% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Louisiana median 13.2 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor840

Louisiana median 444 · 89% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 48%Local 38%

Measure	LaSalle Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,780	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,364	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$34.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	191	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	346	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	840	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
Grant ParishColfax	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 · this district	2,520	9	$12,780	13.2	#48
Franklin ParishWinnsboro	2,454	6	$13,440	12.2	#49

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lake Park CHSD 108Roselle, IL	2,522	$23,976	15.3
BuhlerBuhler, KS	2,522	$10,577	15.5
Edwardsburg Public SchoolsEdwardsburg, MI	2,519	$9,995	19.1
PortalesPortales, NM	2,519	$12,672	11.6

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.

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