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Louisiana school systems.

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70school systems
1,179operating schools connected
628,335students in finance records
70complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
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Louisiana school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 70 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$16,100Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+11.3%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+36.5%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-1.6%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems70 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024639,586607,687
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$16,027$14,377

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Caldwell Parish

Columbia, LA

Students
1,427
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,706

+11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Red River Parish

Coushatta, LA

Students
1,362
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$25,767

+28.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment

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Madison Parish

Tallulah, LA

Students
1,332
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$20,532

+34.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.2% enrollment

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Cameron Parish

Cameron, LA

Students
1,153
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$28,608

+25.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.0% enrollment

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St. Helena Parish

Greensburg, LA

Students
1,082
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$13,645

-5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.4% enrollment

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Recovery School District-LDE

Baton Rouge, LA

Students
1,059
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$14,980

+16.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +5.0% enrollment

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City of Baker School District

Baker, LA

Students
1,047
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,796

+9.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.6% enrollment

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Catahoula Parish

Harrisonburg, LA

Students
983
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$17,474

+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.0% enrollment

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East Carroll Parish

Lake Providence, LA

Students
785
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,135

+34.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.0% enrollment

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Tensas Parish

St. Joseph, LA

Students
341
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,147

+1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -24.1% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.