NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools LA

Best-Resourced Schools in Haughton, LA

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

3,972

Students

30/100

Avg Resource Index

17.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Haughton has more public-school enrollment than 43% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Haughton'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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Haughton's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 8-point gap between T.L. Rodes Elementary School and Haughton Elementary School shows the range hidden by Haughton'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 57%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 12th percentile
Teacher staffing: 27th percentile

Haughton High School accounts for 34.2% of all Haughton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Haughton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Haughton school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Haughton school enrollment ranges from 459 students (lowest) to 1,360 students (highest), a spread of 901 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Haughton operates one school district — a single-district system

Haughton'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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Haughton student-teacher ratio is 17.8:1 — 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 Haughton is typically wider than the Haughton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	T.L. Rodes Elementary School	33	542	Combined	Bossier Parish
2.	Haughton Middle School	31	993	middle	Bossier Parish
3.	Platt Elementary School	31	459	elementary	Bossier Parish
4.	Haughton High School	30	1,360	Combined	Bossier Parish
5.	Haughton Elementary School	25	618	Combined	Bossier Parish

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Haughton

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.

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Which Haughton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

T.L. Rodes Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Haughton schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Haughton, LA? ▼

Haughton has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,972 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.8:1.

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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.