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Pointe Coupee Parish

New Roads, Louisiana · Public school district · #51 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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2,293

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,259

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Pointe Coupee Parish is a public school district based in New Roads, Louisiana, serving 2,293 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #51 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 22% of them. Its schools average 459 students each, about the same as the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $13,259 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Pointe Coupee Parish compares

Pointe Coupee ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,259

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

Instruction spending per student$7,045

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

Students per school459

Louisiana median 445 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Louisiana median 13.2 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor459

Louisiana median 444 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$41.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 26%Local 59%

Measure	Pointe Coupee Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,259	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,045	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$41.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	164	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	360	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	459	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
LaSalle ParishJena	2,520	9	$12,780	13.2	#48
Franklin ParishWinnsboro	2,454	6	$13,440	12.2	#49
Orleans ParishNew Orleans	2,322	6	$30,003	11.2	#50
Pointe Coupee ParishNew Roads · this district	2,293	5	$13,259	14.0	#51
West Feliciana ParishSt. Francisville	2,145	4	$17,472	9.4	#52

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bloom-Carroll LocalCarroll, OH	2,294	$10,238	20.5
Oglethorpe CountyLexington, GA	2,293	$12,328	12.9
Charlotte Public SchoolsCharlotte, MI	2,293	$10,489	17.6
Greater Nanticoke Area School DistrictNanticoke, PA	2,293	$12,437	17.1

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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