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Vernon Parish

Leesville, Louisiana · Public school district · #21 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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7,887

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,745

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Louisiana median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Vernon Parish is a public school district based in Leesville, Louisiana, serving 7,887 students in 18 schools. By enrollment it ranks #21 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 438 students each, about the same as the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $12,745 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Vernon Parish compares

Vernon ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,745

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

Instruction spending per student$7,311

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

Students per school438

Louisiana median 445 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Louisiana median 13.2 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor526

Louisiana median 444 · 18% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$117.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 47%Local 34%

Measure	Vernon Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,745	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,311	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$104.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$117.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	585	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,137	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	526	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
Vermilion ParishAbbeville	8,433	20	$13,186	15.4	#19
City of Monroe School DistrictMonroe	8,033	19	$13,956	12.6	#20
Vernon ParishLeesville · this district	7,887	18	$12,745	13.5	#21
St. Bernard ParishChalmette	7,592	12	$12,758	14.1	#22
St. Mary ParishCenterville	7,153	21	$13,260	14.0	#23

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Sullivan CountyBlountville, TN	7,878	$10,344	n/a
Barbers Hill ISDMont Belvieu, TX	7,875	$13,214	13.1
Joplin SchoolsJoplin, MO	7,873	$8,445	13.7
WestminsterWestminster, CA	7,870	$14,251	22.8

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-vernon-parish