NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools LA

Best-Resourced Schools in Brusly, LA

5 public K-12 schools in Brusly from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

5
Schools
2,452
Students
44/100
Avg Resource Index
16.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brusly has more public-school enrollment than 20% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Brusly's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Brusly's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 13-point gap between Lukeville Elementary School and Brusly Middle School shows the range hidden by Brusly's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 80%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
65th percentile
Teacher staffing
42nd percentile

Brusly High School accounts for 29.9% of all Brusly public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Brusly-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brusly school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Brusly school enrollment ranges from 334 students (lowest) to 734 students (highest), a spread of 400 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brusly reports 60.2% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brusly operates one school district — a single-district system

Brusly's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brusly student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Brusly is typically wider than the Brusly-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brusly

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Brusly Elementary School 59.2/100
  2. 2 Brusly High School 57.9/100
  3. 3 Brusly Middle School 57.8/100
  4. 4 Brusly Upper Elementary School 57.4/100
  5. 5 Lukeville Elementary School 56.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Brusly?

Which Brusly school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Lukeville Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brusly schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brusly, LA?

Brusly has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,452 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.