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Richland Parish

Rayville, Louisiana · Public school district · #47 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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2,694

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,816

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

16.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Richland Parish is a public school district based in Rayville, Louisiana, serving 2,694 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #47 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 28% of them. Its schools average 245 students each, fewer than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $12,816 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.5 students per teacher.

How Richland Parish compares

Richland ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,816

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

Instruction spending per student$6,691

Louisiana median $7,386 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school245

Louisiana median 445 · 45% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.5

Louisiana median 13.2 · 25% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor898

Louisiana median 444 · 102% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$41.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 24%State 40%Local 37%

Measure	Richland Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,816	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,691	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$41.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	163	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	342	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.5	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	898	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	2,712	7	$15,304	13.1	#45
Assumption ParishNapoleonville	2,701	9	$13,095	12.7	#46
Richland ParishRayville · this district	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
Goshen LocalGoshen, OH	2,695	$12,000	18.3
DuxburyDuxbury, MA	2,694	$19,210	11.3
Kings Park Central School DistrictKings Park, NY	2,694	$30,389	10.4
Newton Community School DistrictNewton, IA	2,693	$11,909	14.6

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-la-richland-parish