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Tangipahoa Parish

Amite, Louisiana · Public school district · #11 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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19,077

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,817

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 18% below the Louisiana median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Tangipahoa Parish is a public school district based in Amite, Louisiana, serving 19,077 students in 33 schools. By enrollment it ranks #11 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 84% of them. Its schools average 578 students each, more than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $10,817 per student on day-to-day operations, 18% less than the Louisiana median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Tangipahoa Parish compares

Tangipahoa ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,817

Louisiana median $13,259 · 18% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,479

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

Students per school578

Louisiana median 445 · 30% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Louisiana median 13.2 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor477

Louisiana median 444 · 7% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$231.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 53%Local 32%

Measure	Tangipahoa Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,817	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,479	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$219.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$231.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,459	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,783	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	477	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
Ascension ParishDonaldsonville	23,743	32	$12,552	13.5	#8
Bossier ParishBenton	22,224	33	$12,162	15.4	#9
Rapides ParishAlexandria	21,340	43	$12,819	13.6	#10
Tangipahoa ParishAmite · this district	19,077	33	$10,817	13.1	#11
Ouachita ParishWest Monroe	17,435	36	$11,720	14.8	#12

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Montebello UnifiedMontebello, CA	19,195	$17,377	20.2
Issaquah School DistrictIssaquah, WA	19,098	$15,278	18.3
Val Verde UnifiedPerris, CA	19,080	$13,995	21.8
Salt Lake DistrictSalt Lake City, UT	19,049	$11,944	18.2

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-tangipahoa-parish