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Natchitoches Parish

Natchitoches, Louisiana · Public school district · #34 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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4,792

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,705

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Natchitoches Parish is a public school district based in Natchitoches, Louisiana, serving 4,792 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #34 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 48% of them. Its schools average 369 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $13,705 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How Natchitoches Parish compares

Natchitoches ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,705

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

Instruction spending per student$8,258

Louisiana median $7,386 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Students per school369

Louisiana median 445 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

Louisiana median 13.2 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor685

Louisiana median 444 · 54% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$80.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 41%Local 40%

Measure	Natchitoches Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,705	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,258	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$83.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$80.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	397	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	659	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	685	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
Webster ParishMinden	4,967	14	$12,387	15.2	#31
DeSoto ParishMansfield	4,923	9	$16,825	12.8	#32
Avoyelles ParishMarksville	4,794	10	$12,646	19.8	#33
Natchitoches ParishNatchitoches · this district	4,792	13	$13,705	12.1	#34
Central Community School DistrictBaton Rouge	4,580	5	$11,303	14.2	#35

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Imperial UnifiedImperial, CA	4,795	$11,903	22.4
HolyokeHolyoke, MA	4,795	$20,356	12.0
Sweetwater County School District #1Rock Springs, WY	4,789	$16,553	14.3
Mount Olive Township School DistrictFlanders, NJ	4,786	$21,665	10.7

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-natchitoches-parish